1997 in Russian football
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1997 was the sixth season Russia held its own national football competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union
.
won the title for the fifth time. This was the last season fourth tier of the Russian football was a professional Russian Third League.
For more details, see:
was won by FC Lokomotiv Moscow
, who beat FC Dynamo Moscow
in the finals with a score of 2-0.
Early stages of the Russian Cup 1997–98 were played later in the year.
were eliminated in the second qualifying round and went on to the UEFA Cup.
qualified for the quarterfinals stage that was played in 1998.
qualified for the quarterfinals stage that was played in 1998. FC Rotor Volgograd reached the second round. FC Alania Vladikavkaz went out in the first round.
The goal in the stadium was measured before the game and turned out to be 2.46 meters high instead of regulation 2.44. The referee decided to play the game anyway. After FC Sion's protest, UEFA decided to replay the return leg.
, FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
all won their groups, but were knocked out in the semi-finals.
came second in their qualification group for the 1998 FIFA World Cup
. They lost to Italy in the playoffs for the second-placed teams and did not qualify for the World Cup. Boris Ignatyev
was the head coach, with Yuri Syomin assisting throughout and Leonid Pakhomov
assisting from the third game on.
The next game was officially billed as "Russia All Stars vs. FIFA World XI" and does not count as an official Russian national football team game. It was held to commemorate 100 years anniversary of football in Russia and 850 years anniversary of the founding of Moscow
. Uwe Gospodarek
, who played in this game, never actually played a game for Germany national football team
.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
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Club competitions
FC Spartak MoscowFC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
won the title for the fifth time. This was the last season fourth tier of the Russian football was a professional Russian Third League.
For more details, see:
- Russian Top League 1997
- Russian First League 1997Russian First League 1997-Overview:-Standings:Notes.# FC Lokomotiv Chita awarded 2 home wins, FC Luch Vladivostok awarded 1 home win.# FC Lada Dimitrovgrad renamed to FC Lada-Grad.# FC Lada Togliatti renamed to FC Lada-Togliatti-VAZ....
- Russian Second League 1997Russian Second League 1997The Russian Second League 1997 was the 6th edition of the Second Division. There were 3 zones with 61 teams starting the competition . This was the last season that the professional Russian Third League existed...
- Russian Third League 1997Russian Third League 1997The Russian Third League 1997 was the 4th and, so far, final time competition on the fourth level of Russian football was professional. In 1998 Russian Third League was disbanded and the Amateur Football League moved back to fourth level of the Russian football pyramid...
Cup competitions
The fifth edition of the Russian Cup, Russian Cup 1996–97Russian Cup 1996–97
The Russian Cup 1996–97 was the fifth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union.-First round:April 17, 1996.April 21, 1996.April 22, 1996.-Second round:May 1, 1996.May 2, 1996.-Third round:...
was won by FC Lokomotiv Moscow
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
, who beat FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
in the finals with a score of 2-0.
Early stages of the Russian Cup 1997–98 were played later in the year.
1996–97 UEFA Champions League, 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 1996–97 UEFA Cup
Russian teams were eliminated in 1996.1997–98 UEFA Champions League
FC Spartak MoscowFC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
were eliminated in the second qualifying round and went on to the UEFA Cup.
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KozákIvan KozákIvan Kozák is a former Slovak footballer who played for FK Dukla Banská Bystrica, 1. FC Košice, MFK Ružomberok and German teams Tennis Borussia Berlin and 1. FC Union Berlin. He played for Slovakia 38 matches....
- DmitrievSergey DmitrievSergey Igorevich Dmitriev is a former Russian footballer. Currently, he manages FC Karelia Petrozavodsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1984, 1991.* Soviet Cup winner: 1991....
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, Lokomotíva Stadium / Attendance: 12,600
- FC Spartak Moscow: FilimonovAleksandr FilimonovAleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....
, GorlukovichSergei GorlukovichSergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...
, KhlestovDmitri KhlestovDmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....
, Tsymbalar (captain), MamedovRamiz MamedovRamiz Mikhmanovich Mamedov is a retired Russian football player with Azerbaijanians roots. Sometimes he is confused with his Azeri colleague Ramiz Mammadov from Agdam.-International career:...
(EvseevVadim EvseevVadim Valentinovich Evseev is a Russian footballer, who is currently playing for Belarusian Premier League side Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and is a former Russian international....
, 77), AnankoDimitri AnankoDmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...
, BakharevAleksei BakharevAleksei Aleksandrovich Bakharev is a retired Russian and Ukrainian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1997.* Russian Cup winner: 1998.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 2002, 2005....
(MelyoshinAleksei MelyoshinAleksei Vladislavovich Melyoshin is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he works as a coach at FC Spartak Moscow football academy.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999....
, 45), AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
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, 81), TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
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- August 27, 1997 / Second qualifying round, Return leg / FC Spartak Moscow - 1. FC Košice 0-0 / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Lokomotiv StadiumLokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)Lokomotiv Stadium is a football stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is the home stadium of Lokomotiv Moscow and was the home ground of the Russian National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. The stadium was reconstructed in 2002 and holds 28,800 people, all seated...
/ Attendance: 20,000
- FC Spartak Moscow: FilimonovAleksandr FilimonovAleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....
, GorlukovichSergei GorlukovichSergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...
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, Tsymbalar (captain), AnankoDimitri AnankoDmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...
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, 46), EvseevVadim EvseevVadim Valentinovich Evseev is a Russian footballer, who is currently playing for Belarusian Premier League side Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and is a former Russian international....
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, 32), TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
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1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
FC Lokomotiv MoscowFC Lokomotiv Moscow
The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
qualified for the quarterfinals stage that was played in 1998.
- September 18, 1997 / First round, First leg / FC Belshyna BabruiskFC Belshyna BabruiskFC Belshina Bobruisk is a Belarusian football club based in Bobruisk.-Achievements:* Belarusian SSR League** 1978, 1987* Belarusian Premier League** 2001* Belarusian Cup: 3** 1997, 1999, 2001-Current squad:As of September 2011...
- FC Lokomotiv Moscow (HlebasolawAndrey HlebasolawAndrey Hlebasolaw is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:...
- LoskovDmitri LoskovDmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov is an association footballer currently playing for Lokomotiv Moscow.He was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the late 1990s – early 2000s, along with Spartak Moscow's Egor Titov. This is because he is double footed and has a wide range of passing...
BorodyukAleksandr BorodyukAleksandr Genrikhovich Borodyuk is a Russian football manager and former international player for USSR and Russia ....
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, Dinamo StadiumDinamo Stadium (Minsk)Dynama Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Minsk, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Dynama Minsk. The stadium has a seating capacity for 40,000 people. Dynama Stadium was constructed in 1934, but was destroyed during World War II and rebuilt in...
/ Attendance: 4,000
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, SolomatinAndrei SolomatinAndrei Yuryevich Solomatin is a retired Russian football player.He played mostly for Lokomotiv Moskva and CSKA Moskva.He played for Russia national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Honours:...
, DrozdovYuri DrozdovYuri Alekseevich Drozdov is an association football coach and a former midfielder, who spent the majority of his playing career at Lokomotiv Moscow. Currently, he is an assistant manager with FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow. Before Lokomotiv, Drozdov used to play for their city rivals FC Dynamo Moscow...
, KharlachyovYevgeni KharlachyovYevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....
, ArifullinAleksei ArifullinAleksei Sayarovich Arifullin is a retired association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1994, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1996, 1997, 2000....
, ChugainovIgor ChugainovIgor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....
(captain), SmirnovAleksandr Vladimirovich SmirnovAleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who last managed FC Dynamo Bryansk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1990....
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(BulykinDmitri BulykinDmitri Olegovich Bulykin is an association footballer who plays for AFC Ajax in the Dutch Eredivisie.Before joining Ajax, he played for Anderlecht, Bayer Leverkusen, Lokomotiv Moscow and Dynamo Moscow. In 2003–2005, he played regularly in the Russian national team.-Lokomotiv Moscow:Bulykin began...
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, CherevchenkoIgor CherevchenkoIgor Cherevchenko is a retired football player who represented Tajikistan. He also holds Russian Citizenship.He is currently one of the coaching staff at Lokomotiv Moscow.-External links:****...
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- October 2, 1997 / First round, Return leg / FC Lokomotiv Moscow - FC Belshyna Babruisk 3-0 (MaminovVladimir MaminovVladimir Aleksandrovich Maminov is a retired Russian footballer who also has Uzbekistan citizenship. He is currently assistant coach of FC Lokomotiv Moscow.-Career:...
KharlachyovYevgeni KharlachyovYevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....
LoskovDmitri LoskovDmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov is an association footballer currently playing for Lokomotiv Moscow.He was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the late 1990s – early 2000s, along with Spartak Moscow's Egor Titov. This is because he is double footed and has a wide range of passing...
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/ Attendance: 1,500
- FC Lokomotiv Moscow: BidzhiyevKhasanbi BidzhiyevKhasanbi Eduardovich Bidzhiyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1983 for PFC Spartak Nalchik...
, SolomatinAndrei SolomatinAndrei Yuryevich Solomatin is a retired Russian football player.He played mostly for Lokomotiv Moskva and CSKA Moskva.He played for Russia national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Honours:...
, DrozdovYuri DrozdovYuri Alekseevich Drozdov is an association football coach and a former midfielder, who spent the majority of his playing career at Lokomotiv Moscow. Currently, he is an assistant manager with FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow. Before Lokomotiv, Drozdov used to play for their city rivals FC Dynamo Moscow...
, KharlachyovYevgeni KharlachyovYevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....
, ArifullinAleksei ArifullinAleksei Sayarovich Arifullin is a retired association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1994, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1996, 1997, 2000....
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(captain), SmirnovAleksandr Vladimirovich SmirnovAleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who last managed FC Dynamo Bryansk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1990....
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, 64), CherevchenkoIgor CherevchenkoIgor Cherevchenko is a retired football player who represented Tajikistan. He also holds Russian Citizenship.He is currently one of the coaching staff at Lokomotiv Moscow.-External links:****...
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, MaminovVladimir MaminovVladimir Aleksandrovich Maminov is a retired Russian footballer who also has Uzbekistan citizenship. He is currently assistant coach of FC Lokomotiv Moscow.-Career:...
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- October 23, 1997 / Second round, First leg / FC Lokomotiv Moscow - KocaelisporKocaelisporKocaelispor, is the football team of İzmit, Turkey. They were founded in 1966 and played in the Turkish football league between 1980–1988 and 1992–2003. The best result for them was the 4th position in 1992–93 season...
2-1 (KharlachyovYevgeni KharlachyovYevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....
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/ Attendance: 3,500
- FC Lokomotiv Moscow: BidzhiyevKhasanbi BidzhiyevKhasanbi Eduardovich Bidzhiyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1983 for PFC Spartak Nalchik...
, SolomatinAndrei SolomatinAndrei Yuryevich Solomatin is a retired Russian football player.He played mostly for Lokomotiv Moskva and CSKA Moskva.He played for Russia national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Honours:...
, DrozdovYuri DrozdovYuri Alekseevich Drozdov is an association football coach and a former midfielder, who spent the majority of his playing career at Lokomotiv Moscow. Currently, he is an assistant manager with FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow. Before Lokomotiv, Drozdov used to play for their city rivals FC Dynamo Moscow...
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, 89), KharlachyovYevgeni KharlachyovYevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....
, CherevchenkoIgor CherevchenkoIgor Cherevchenko is a retired football player who represented Tajikistan. He also holds Russian Citizenship.He is currently one of the coaching staff at Lokomotiv Moscow.-External links:****...
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(captain), MaminovVladimir MaminovVladimir Aleksandrovich Maminov is a retired Russian footballer who also has Uzbekistan citizenship. He is currently assistant coach of FC Lokomotiv Moscow.-Career:...
(SarkisyanAlbert SarkisyanAlbert Sarkisyan is a retired Armenian football midfielder. Albert was a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 33 international matches and scored 3 goals since his debut in away 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Ukraine, on 5 May 1997.-National team...
, 81), GurenkoSergei GurenkoSergei Gurenko or Syarhey Hurenka is a retired Belarusian football player and currently works as Head Coach for FC Torpedo Zhodino.-Clubs:...
, JanashiaZaza JanashiaZaza Janashia is a retired Georgian professional football player. Currently, Janashia works in children's sports school "Lokomotiv-Perovo" in Moscow.-Career:...
, LoskovDmitri LoskovDmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov is an association footballer currently playing for Lokomotiv Moscow.He was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the late 1990s – early 2000s, along with Spartak Moscow's Egor Titov. This is because he is double footed and has a wide range of passing...
, VeselovVitali VeselovVitali Aleksandrovich Veselov is a retired Russian professional football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1996, 1997.* Russian Cup finalist: 1998.-European club competitions:With FC Lokomotiv Moscow....
(SmirnovAleksandr Vladimirovich SmirnovAleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who last managed FC Dynamo Bryansk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1990....
, 46).
- November 6, 1997 / Second round, Return leg / Kocaelispor - FC Lokomotiv Moscow 0-0 / İzmitIzmitİzmit is a city in Turkey, administrative center of Kocaeli Province as well as the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality. It is located at the Gulf of İzmit in the Sea of Marmara, about east of Istanbul, on the northwestern part of Anatolia. The city center has a population of 294.875...
, Ismet Pasa StadiumIsmet Pasa Stadiumİsmet Paşa Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in İzmit, Turkey. It is currently used mostly for football matches and currently hosts the home matches of Kocaelispor. The stadium holds 12,710 spectators, and was built in 1978. It is named after the Turkish statesman İsmet İnönü.-External links:*...
/ Attendance: 15,000.
- FC Lokomotiv Moscow: BidzhiyevKhasanbi BidzhiyevKhasanbi Eduardovich Bidzhiyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1983 for PFC Spartak Nalchik...
, SolomatinAndrei SolomatinAndrei Yuryevich Solomatin is a retired Russian football player.He played mostly for Lokomotiv Moskva and CSKA Moskva.He played for Russia national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Honours:...
, DrozdovYuri DrozdovYuri Alekseevich Drozdov is an association football coach and a former midfielder, who spent the majority of his playing career at Lokomotiv Moscow. Currently, he is an assistant manager with FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow. Before Lokomotiv, Drozdov used to play for their city rivals FC Dynamo Moscow...
, KharlachyovYevgeni KharlachyovYevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....
, ArifullinAleksei ArifullinAleksei Sayarovich Arifullin is a retired association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1994, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1996, 1997, 2000....
, ChugainovIgor ChugainovIgor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....
(captain), SmirnovAleksandr Vladimirovich SmirnovAleksandr Vladimirovich Smirnov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who last managed FC Dynamo Bryansk. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:* Soviet Top League bronze: 1990....
(SarkisyanAlbert SarkisyanAlbert Sarkisyan is a retired Armenian football midfielder. Albert was a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 33 international matches and scored 3 goals since his debut in away 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Ukraine, on 5 May 1997.-National team...
, 82), GurenkoSergei GurenkoSergei Gurenko or Syarhey Hurenka is a retired Belarusian football player and currently works as Head Coach for FC Torpedo Zhodino.-Clubs:...
, PashininOleg PashininOleg Alekseyevich Pashinin is a Russian and Uzbekistani football defender.He got 11 caps for the national team between 2001 and 2005....
, LoskovDmitri LoskovDmitri Vyacheslavovich Loskov is an association footballer currently playing for Lokomotiv Moscow.He was often considered Russia's best playmaker in the late 1990s – early 2000s, along with Spartak Moscow's Egor Titov. This is because he is double footed and has a wide range of passing...
, VeselovVitali VeselovVitali Aleksandrovich Veselov is a retired Russian professional football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1996, 1997.* Russian Cup finalist: 1998.-European club competitions:With FC Lokomotiv Moscow....
(MaminovVladimir MaminovVladimir Aleksandrovich Maminov is a retired Russian footballer who also has Uzbekistan citizenship. He is currently assistant coach of FC Lokomotiv Moscow.-Career:...
, 73).
1997–98 UEFA Cup
FC Spartak MoscowFC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
qualified for the quarterfinals stage that was played in 1998. FC Rotor Volgograd reached the second round. FC Alania Vladikavkaz went out in the first round.
- August 12, 1997 / Second qualifying round, First leg / FC Alania Vladikavkaz - FC Dnipro DnipropetrovskFC Dnipro DnipropetrovskFootball Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition...
2-1 (ŽutautasRaimondas ŽutautasRaimondas Žutautas is a former Lithuanian footballer and former Lithuanian national football team head coach.He is the only Lithuanian player to score two goals in the UEFA Champions League. In 2002 while playing for Maccabi Haifa, he scored a goal against Manchester United...
AshvetiaMikheil AshvetiaMikheil Ashvetia is a Georgian footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001-2002 and a recent spell in Germany with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In Russia he has played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov...
- Palyanytsya ) / VladikavkazVladikavkaz-Notable structures:In Vladikavkaz, there is a guyed TV mast, tall, built in 1961, which has six crossbars with gangways in two levels running from the mast structure to the guys.-Twin towns/sister cities:...
, Republican Spartak StadiumRepublican Spartak StadiumRepublican Spartak Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Vladikavkaz, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium was built in 1962 and is able to hold 32,464 people. It is the home ground for FC Alania Vladikavkaz....
/ Attendance: 32,000
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz: KramarenkoDmitriy KramarenkoDmitriy Sergeyevich Kramarenko is an Azerbaijani football goalkeeper playing currently for FK Khazar Lenkoran. His father is the former long-time goalkeeper for PFC Neftchi Baku, Sergey Kramarenko. He also holds Russian citizenship.-National team...
, PagayevArtur PagayevArtur Sardionovich Pagayev is a retired association football player who played the bulk of his career for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....
, TimofeevSergey TimofeevSergey Anatolyevich Timofeev is a former Kazakh professional football player. Currently, he manages FC Mostovik-Primorye Ussuriysk.He played for Kairat Almaty in the Soviet Top League as well as FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Alania Vladikavkaz in the Russian Premier League.Timofeev made five appearances...
, ŽutautasRaimondas ŽutautasRaimondas Žutautas is a former Lithuanian footballer and former Lithuanian national football team head coach.He is the only Lithuanian player to score two goals in the UEFA Champions League. In 2002 while playing for Maccabi Haifa, he scored a goal against Manchester United...
, AgayevAlan AgayevAlan Khazbiyevich Agayev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Iriston Vladikavkaz.-European club competitions:With FC Alania Vladikavkaz....
(AshvetiaMikheil AshvetiaMikheil Ashvetia is a Georgian footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001-2002 and a recent spell in Germany with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In Russia he has played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov...
, 32), TsveibaAkhrik TsveibaAkhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
, TedeyevBakhva TedeyevBakhva Otarovich Tedeyev is a retired Russian football player. He was the head coach of FC Alania Vladikavkaz in 2002, 2003 and 2005.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....
(captain), DzhioyevInal DzhioyevInal Grigoryevich Dzhioyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1991 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995.* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1992, 1996....
, YanovskiyIgor YanovskiyIgor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
, KobiashviliLevan KobiashviliLevan Kobiashvili is a Georgian footballer who plays in midfield for Hertha BSC.-Career:His career began in his hometown with Awasa Tbilisi. Moving to play for Metalurg Rustavi, Dinamo Tbilisi and Alania Vladikavkaz he was transferred to SC Freiburg in 1998, where he was one of several Georgians...
, KanishchevAnatoli KanishchevAnatoli Anatolyevich Kanishchev is a retired professional association footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995, 1998, 1999....
, GakhokidzeGiorgi GakhokidzeGiorgi Gakhokidze is a former Georgian footballer. He played for clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Maccabi Haifa, FC Twente and Metalurh Donetsk...
.- August 12, 1997 / Second qualifying round, First leg / FC Rotor Volgograd - Odra Wodzisław 2-0 (NiederhausVladimir NiederhausVladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...
VeretennikovOleg VeretennikovOleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
) / VolgogradVolgogradVolgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...
, Central StadiumCentral Stadium (Volgograd)Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Volgograd, Russia, that is home to SC Rotor Volgograd. The capacity of the stadium is 32,120 with plans to expand to 45,015 in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup....
/ Attendance: 25,000
- August 12, 1997 / Second qualifying round, First leg / FC Rotor Volgograd - Odra Wodzisław 2-0 (Niederhaus
- FC Rotor Volgograd: ZakharchukPlaton ZakharchukPlaton Platonovich Zakharchuk is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Torpedo Naberezhnye Chelny.-European club competitions:...
, ShmarkoAleksandr ShmarkoAleksandr Nikolayevich Shmarko is a retired Soviet and Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2000....
, HerashchenkoVolodymyr HerashchenkoVolodymyr Vasylyovych Herashchenko is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1985 for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988....
(captain) (OlenikovNikolai OlenikovNikolai Vladimirovich Olenikov is an association football defender who plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:Olenikov made his debut for Russia on 21 August 2002 in a friendly against Sweden....
, 46), TishchenkoMaksim TishchenkoMaksim Viktorovich Tishchenko is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd...
(KrivovAndrei KrivovAndrei Vladimirovich Krivov is a Russian professional football functionary and a former defender who played for FC Rotor Volgograd in Russia and Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.He currently works as a general director of FC Rotor Volgograd....
, 27), BerketovAleksandr BerketovAleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...
, BorzenkovAlbert BorzenkovAlbert Valentinovich Borzenkov is a Russian football player currently playing for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996....
, ZubkoDenis ZubkoDenis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football player playing striker. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:...
(NiederhausVladimir NiederhausVladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...
, 52), ZernovAleksandr ZernovAleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....
, VeretennikovOleg VeretennikovOleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
, YesipovValery YesipovValery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...
, AbramovVitali AbramovVitaliy Sergeyevich Abramov is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Avangard Kursk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin...
.
- August 26, 1997 / Second qualifying round, Return leg / FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - FC Alania Vladikavkaz 1-4 (SharanVolodymyr SharanVolodymyr Bohdanovych Sharan is a Ukrainian football midfielder who represented Ukraine once at the national level and currently is a manager of PFC Oleksandria.He also capped for USSR U-20 team at 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship....
- GakhokidzeGiorgi GakhokidzeGiorgi Gakhokidze is a former Georgian footballer. He played for clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Maccabi Haifa, FC Twente and Metalurh Donetsk...
YanovskiyIgor YanovskiyIgor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
KobiashviliLevan KobiashviliLevan Kobiashvili is a Georgian footballer who plays in midfield for Hertha BSC.-Career:His career began in his hometown with Awasa Tbilisi. Moving to play for Metalurg Rustavi, Dinamo Tbilisi and Alania Vladikavkaz he was transferred to SC Freiburg in 1998, where he was one of several Georgians...
) / DnipropetrovskDnipropetrovskDnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
, Stadium MeteorStadium MeteorStadium Meteor was a multi-purpose stadium in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. It was used mostly for football matches, and was the home of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The stadium can hold 24,381 people. Currently its tenant, Dnipro was relocated to Dnipro Stadium after a long spell at this...
/ Attendance: 8,000
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz: KhapovZaur KhapovZaur Zalimbiyevich Khapov is a retired football goalkeeper who won two international caps for Russia in 1994.He was Alania Vladikavkaz's goalkeeper during their Russian league title-winning season of 1995...
, PagayevArtur PagayevArtur Sardionovich Pagayev is a retired association football player who played the bulk of his career for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....
, AvdeevIgor AvdeevIgor Gennadyevich Avdeev is a former Kazakhstani professional footballer. He last played for FC Lokomotiv Astana.-International career:Avdeev made 27 appearances and scored seven goals for the Kazakhstan national football team.-External links:...
(AgayevAlan AgayevAlan Khazbiyevich Agayev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Iriston Vladikavkaz.-European club competitions:With FC Alania Vladikavkaz....
, 64), TskhadadzeKakhaber TskhadadzeKakhaber Tskhadadze is a Georgian football coach and former player.-Career:His club career started in 1986 in Dinamo Tbilisi. He became known in Western Europe with German team Eintracht Frankfurt, who he joined in 1992. After a couple of successful seasons he gradually found himself struggling...
, DzhioyevInal DzhioyevInal Grigoryevich Dzhioyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1991 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995.* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1992, 1996....
(captain) (KornienkoOleg KornienkoOleg Valeryevich Korniyenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz...
, 75), TsveibaAkhrik TsveibaAkhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
, ŽutautasRaimondas ŽutautasRaimondas Žutautas is a former Lithuanian footballer and former Lithuanian national football team head coach.He is the only Lithuanian player to score two goals in the UEFA Champions League. In 2002 while playing for Maccabi Haifa, he scored a goal against Manchester United...
, YanovskiyIgor YanovskiyIgor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
, KobiashviliLevan KobiashviliLevan Kobiashvili is a Georgian footballer who plays in midfield for Hertha BSC.-Career:His career began in his hometown with Awasa Tbilisi. Moving to play for Metalurg Rustavi, Dinamo Tbilisi and Alania Vladikavkaz he was transferred to SC Freiburg in 1998, where he was one of several Georgians...
(DatdeyevAslan DatdeyevAslan Tambiyevich Datdeyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-European club competitions:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Alania Vladikavkaz: 1 game....
, 84), KanishchevAnatoli KanishchevAnatoli Anatolyevich Kanishchev is a retired professional association footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995, 1998, 1999....
, GakhokidzeGiorgi GakhokidzeGiorgi Gakhokidze is a former Georgian footballer. He played for clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Maccabi Haifa, FC Twente and Metalurh Donetsk...
.- August 26, 1997 / Second qualifying round, Return leg / Odra Wodzisław - FC Rotor Volgograd (Staniek Zagórski Brzoza - BerketovAleksandr BerketovAleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...
AbramovVitali AbramovVitaliy Sergeyevich Abramov is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Avangard Kursk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin...
VeretennikovOleg VeretennikovOleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
) / Wodzisław Śląski, MOSiR StadiumMOSiR StadiumMOSiR Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Wodzisław Śląski, Poland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and served as the home stadium of Odra Wodzisław. The stadium has a capacity of 7,000 people. In 2011, Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała began using the stadium while their own ground...
/ Attendance: 8,000
- August 26, 1997 / Second qualifying round, Return leg / Odra Wodzisław - FC Rotor Volgograd (Staniek Zagórski Brzoza - Berketov
- FC Rotor Volgograd: ZakharchukPlaton ZakharchukPlaton Platonovich Zakharchuk is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Torpedo Naberezhnye Chelny.-European club competitions:...
, ShmarkoAleksandr ShmarkoAleksandr Nikolayevich Shmarko is a retired Soviet and Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2000....
, VeretennikovOleg VeretennikovOleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
, NiederhausVladimir NiederhausVladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...
(BurlachenkoValeri BurlachenkoValeri Ivanovich Burlachenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997....
, 46), YesipovValery YesipovValery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...
, BorzenkovAlbert BorzenkovAlbert Valentinovich Borzenkov is a Russian football player currently playing for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996....
, HerashchenkoVolodymyr HerashchenkoVolodymyr Vasylyovych Herashchenko is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1985 for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988....
(captain), ZubkoDenis ZubkoDenis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football player playing striker. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:...
(ZernovAleksandr ZernovAleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....
, 46), BerketovAleksandr BerketovAleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...
, AbramovVitali AbramovVitaliy Sergeyevich Abramov is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Avangard Kursk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin...
, OlenikovNikolai OlenikovNikolai Vladimirovich Olenikov is an association football defender who plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:Olenikov made his debut for Russia on 21 August 2002 in a friendly against Sweden....
(KrivovAndrei KrivovAndrei Vladimirovich Krivov is a Russian professional football functionary and a former defender who played for FC Rotor Volgograd in Russia and Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.He currently works as a general director of FC Rotor Volgograd....
, 75).
- September 16, 1997 / First round, First leg / MTK Hungária FCMTK Hungária FCMTK Budapest FC or just MTK is a football club from Budapest, Hungary. The team plays in the second division of the Hungarian League. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of the most successful Hungarian football clubs, MTK has won the Hungarian League 23 times and the Hungarian Cup 12...
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz 3-0 (IllésBéla IllésBéla Illés is a retired Hungarian football player who has spent most of his career playing for MTK Hungária FC. He is considered to be the greatest Hungarian footballer of the 1990s....
PreisingerSandor PreisingerSandor Preisinger is a Hungarian football player.Sandor was a member of the Hungary squad that reached the 1996 Summer Olympics finals in Atlanta, USA....
Lörincz - PagayevArtur PagayevArtur Sardionovich Pagayev is a retired association football player who played the bulk of his career for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....
) / BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hidegkuti Nándor StadiumHidegkuti Nándor StadiumHidegkuti Nándor Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Budapest, Hungary. The stadium can hold 12,700 people and was built in 1912...
/ Attendance: 3,000
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz: KhapovZaur KhapovZaur Zalimbiyevich Khapov is a retired football goalkeeper who won two international caps for Russia in 1994.He was Alania Vladikavkaz's goalkeeper during their Russian league title-winning season of 1995...
, PagayevArtur PagayevArtur Sardionovich Pagayev is a retired association football player who played the bulk of his career for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....
, AvdeevIgor AvdeevIgor Gennadyevich Avdeev is a former Kazakhstani professional footballer. He last played for FC Lokomotiv Astana.-International career:Avdeev made 27 appearances and scored seven goals for the Kazakhstan national football team.-External links:...
(DatdeyevAslan DatdeyevAslan Tambiyevich Datdeyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-European club competitions:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Alania Vladikavkaz: 1 game....
, 57), KornienkoOleg KornienkoOleg Valeryevich Korniyenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz...
, DzhioyevInal DzhioyevInal Grigoryevich Dzhioyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1991 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995.* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1992, 1996....
(captain), TsveibaAkhrik TsveibaAkhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
, ŽutautasRaimondas ŽutautasRaimondas Žutautas is a former Lithuanian footballer and former Lithuanian national football team head coach.He is the only Lithuanian player to score two goals in the UEFA Champions League. In 2002 while playing for Maccabi Haifa, he scored a goal against Manchester United...
, YanovskiyIgor YanovskiyIgor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
, KobiashviliLevan KobiashviliLevan Kobiashvili is a Georgian footballer who plays in midfield for Hertha BSC.-Career:His career began in his hometown with Awasa Tbilisi. Moving to play for Metalurg Rustavi, Dinamo Tbilisi and Alania Vladikavkaz he was transferred to SC Freiburg in 1998, where he was one of several Georgians...
, KanishchevAnatoli KanishchevAnatoli Anatolyevich Kanishchev is a retired professional association footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995, 1998, 1999....
(AshvetiaMikheil AshvetiaMikheil Ashvetia is a Georgian footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001-2002 and a recent spell in Germany with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In Russia he has played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov...
, 76), GakhokidzeGiorgi GakhokidzeGiorgi Gakhokidze is a former Georgian footballer. He played for clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Maccabi Haifa, FC Twente and Metalurh Donetsk...
.- September 16, 1997 / First round, First leg / FC Rotor Volgograd - Örebro SKÖrebro SKÖrebro SK, also known as ÖSK or just Örebro, is a Swedish football club based in Örebro. The club, formed on 28 October 1908, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan.-The first years:...
2-0 (BerketovAleksandr BerketovAleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...
VeretennikovOleg VeretennikovOleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
) / VolgogradVolgogradVolgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...
, Central StadiumCentral Stadium (Volgograd)Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Volgograd, Russia, that is home to SC Rotor Volgograd. The capacity of the stadium is 32,120 with plans to expand to 45,015 in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup....
/ Attendance: 23,000
- September 16, 1997 / First round, First leg / FC Rotor Volgograd - Örebro SK
- FC Rotor Volgograd: ZakharchukPlaton ZakharchukPlaton Platonovich Zakharchuk is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Torpedo Naberezhnye Chelny.-European club competitions:...
, ShmarkoAleksandr ShmarkoAleksandr Nikolayevich Shmarko is a retired Soviet and Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2000....
, VeretennikovOleg VeretennikovOleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
, ZubkoDenis ZubkoDenis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football player playing striker. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:...
(TishchenkoMaksim TishchenkoMaksim Viktorovich Tishchenko is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd...
, 64), YesipovValery YesipovValery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...
(KrivovAndrei KrivovAndrei Vladimirovich Krivov is a Russian professional football functionary and a former defender who played for FC Rotor Volgograd in Russia and Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.He currently works as a general director of FC Rotor Volgograd....
, 81), BorzenkovAlbert BorzenkovAlbert Valentinovich Borzenkov is a Russian football player currently playing for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996....
, HerashchenkoVolodymyr HerashchenkoVolodymyr Vasylyovych Herashchenko is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1985 for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988....
(captain), BurlachenkoValeri BurlachenkoValeri Ivanovich Burlachenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997....
, BerketovAleksandr BerketovAleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...
, ZhunenkoSergei ZhunenkoSergey Nikolayevich Zhunenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. As of June 2009, he works as a director with FC FSA Voronezh. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1989 for FC Kairat.-Honours:...
(ZernovAleksandr ZernovAleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....
, 46), OlenikovNikolai OlenikovNikolai Vladimirovich Olenikov is an association football defender who plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:Olenikov made his debut for Russia on 21 August 2002 in a friendly against Sweden....
.- September 16, 1997 / First round, First leg / FC SionFC SionFC Sion is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home games at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and the Swiss Cup in each of their twelve appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2011.The first team also...
- FC Spartak Moscow 0-1 (KechinovValery KechinovValery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...
KhlestovDmitri KhlestovDmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....
) / SionSion, SwitzerlandSion is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. it had a population of .Landmarks include the Basilique de Valère and Château de Tourbillon. Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use, which, because of its location in a valley, causes a reasonable amount of noise pollution. FC Sion...
, Stade TourbillonStade TourbillonStade Tourbillon is a multi-purpose stadium in Sion, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Sion. The stadium holds 16,000 people and was built in 1968 and renovated in 1989. At the time of the renovation, its capacity was 19,600....
/ Attendance: 6,000
- September 16, 1997 / First round, First leg / FC Sion
- FC Spartak Moscow: FilimonovAleksandr FilimonovAleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....
, GorlukovichSergei GorlukovichSergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...
(captain), KhlestovDmitri KhlestovDmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....
, GolovskoyKonstantin GolovskoyKonstantin Yuryevich Golovskoy is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. He also holds Kazakhstani citizenship.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1998....
, AnankoDimitri AnankoDmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...
, LutovinovSergei LutovinovSergei Aleksandrovich Lutovinov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League FC Oka Stupino. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Oka Kolomna.-Honours:...
(BuznikinMaksim BuznikinMaksim Buznikin is former Russia international midfielder, who plays FC Nizhny Novgorod. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow...
, 66), RobsonLuis RobsonLuis Pereira Robson is a Brazilian football forward, widely considered as the first successful import in the Russian Premier League. Luis Robson started his professional career at Matsubara. Having played for various small clubs in Brazil, he finally moved to Brazilian Série A club Goias in 1996...
(KonovalovAndrei KonovalovAndrei Stepanovich Konovalov is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Torpedo Moscow. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997....
, 59), AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, BakharevAleksei BakharevAleksei Aleksandrovich Bakharev is a retired Russian and Ukrainian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1997.* Russian Cup winner: 1998.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 2002, 2005....
, KechinovValery KechinovValery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...
(ShirkoAleksandr ShirkoAleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...
, 75), TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
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- September 30, 1997 / First round, Return leg / FC Alania Vladikavkaz - MTK Hungária FC 1-1 (MorozYuriy MorozYuriy Leontiyovych Moroz is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he manages the Ukraine national under-19 football team...
- HalmaiGábor HalmaiGábor Halmai is a retired Hungarian football player.He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1993, and got 57 caps and 4 goals until 2001.-Honours:* Hungarian League: 1993, 1997, 1999; Runner up 2000...
) / VladikavkazVladikavkaz-Notable structures:In Vladikavkaz, there is a guyed TV mast, tall, built in 1961, which has six crossbars with gangways in two levels running from the mast structure to the guys.-Twin towns/sister cities:...
, Republican Spartak StadiumRepublican Spartak StadiumRepublican Spartak Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Vladikavkaz, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium was built in 1962 and is able to hold 32,464 people. It is the home ground for FC Alania Vladikavkaz....
/ Attendance: 31,000
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz: KhapovZaur KhapovZaur Zalimbiyevich Khapov is a retired football goalkeeper who won two international caps for Russia in 1994.He was Alania Vladikavkaz's goalkeeper during their Russian league title-winning season of 1995...
, GakhokidzeGiorgi GakhokidzeGiorgi Gakhokidze is a former Georgian footballer. He played for clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Maccabi Haifa, FC Twente and Metalurh Donetsk...
, AvdeevIgor AvdeevIgor Gennadyevich Avdeev is a former Kazakhstani professional footballer. He last played for FC Lokomotiv Astana.-International career:Avdeev made 27 appearances and scored seven goals for the Kazakhstan national football team.-External links:...
(BazayevJambulad BazayevJambulad Vasilyevich Bazayev is a Russian Ossetian football midfielder currently playing for FC Alania Vladikavkaz. He is the brother of Georgi Bazayev.-External links:* *...
, 75), KornienkoOleg KornienkoOleg Valeryevich Korniyenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz...
, DzhioyevInal DzhioyevInal Grigoryevich Dzhioyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1991 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995.* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1992, 1996....
(captain), MorozYuriy MorozYuriy Leontiyovych Moroz is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he manages the Ukraine national under-19 football team...
, ŽutautasRaimondas ŽutautasRaimondas Žutautas is a former Lithuanian footballer and former Lithuanian national football team head coach.He is the only Lithuanian player to score two goals in the UEFA Champions League. In 2002 while playing for Maccabi Haifa, he scored a goal against Manchester United...
, YanovskiyIgor YanovskiyIgor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
, DatdeyevAslan DatdeyevAslan Tambiyevich Datdeyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-European club competitions:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Alania Vladikavkaz: 1 game....
(AgayevAlan AgayevAlan Khazbiyevich Agayev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Iriston Vladikavkaz.-European club competitions:With FC Alania Vladikavkaz....
, 46), KanishchevAnatoli KanishchevAnatoli Anatolyevich Kanishchev is a retired professional association footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995, 1998, 1999....
, AshvetiaMikheil AshvetiaMikheil Ashvetia is a Georgian footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001-2002 and a recent spell in Germany with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In Russia he has played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov...
(SikoyevTamerlan SikoyevTamerlan Sergeyevich Sikoyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 1994 for FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz. He played one game in the UEFA Cup 1997–98 for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-References:...
, 55).- September 30, 1997 / First round, Return leg / Örebro SK - FC Rotor Volgograd 1-4 (E. Karlsson - NiederhausVladimir NiederhausVladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...
ZernovAleksandr ZernovAleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....
VeretennikovOleg VeretennikovOleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
) / ÖrebroÖrebro-Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions....
, Eyravallen / Attendance: 8,000
- September 30, 1997 / First round, Return leg / Örebro SK - FC Rotor Volgograd 1-4 (E. Karlsson - Niederhaus
- FC Rotor Volgograd: ZakharchukPlaton ZakharchukPlaton Platonovich Zakharchuk is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Torpedo Naberezhnye Chelny.-European club competitions:...
, ShmarkoAleksandr ShmarkoAleksandr Nikolayevich Shmarko is a retired Soviet and Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2000....
, VeretennikovOleg VeretennikovOleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
, NiederhausVladimir NiederhausVladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...
(MysinMikhail MysinMikhail Viktorovich Mysin is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Ufa. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1997 for FC Rotor Volgograd. He played one game in the UEFA Cup 1997–98 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-External links:...
, 78), SmirnovVladimir Anatolyevich SmirnovVladimir Anatolyevich Smirnov is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Dynamo Kostroma. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1997 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European club competitions:With FC Rotor Volgograd....
, ZernovAleksandr ZernovAleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....
(ZubkoDenis ZubkoDenis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football player playing striker. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:...
, 68), HerashchenkoVolodymyr HerashchenkoVolodymyr Vasylyovych Herashchenko is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1985 for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988....
(captain), BurlachenkoValeri BurlachenkoValeri Ivanovich Burlachenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997....
, BerketovAleksandr BerketovAleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...
, AbramovVitali AbramovVitaliy Sergeyevich Abramov is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Avangard Kursk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin...
, OlenikovNikolai OlenikovNikolai Vladimirovich Olenikov is an association football defender who plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:Olenikov made his debut for Russia on 21 August 2002 in a friendly against Sweden....
(MatiolaDenis MatiolaDenis Nikolayevich Matiola is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Sever Murmansk . He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1999 for FC Rotor Volgograd. He played one game in the UEFA Cup 1997–98 for FC Rotor Volgograd....
, 80).- September 30, 1997 / First round, Return leg / FC Spartak Moscow - FC Sion 2-2 (ShirkoAleksandr ShirkoAleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...
AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
- LotaDennis LotaDennis Lota was a Zambian football striker who.He started his professional career with Zanaco FC of Zambia in 1989 before leaving for Nchanga Rangers at the beginning of the 1991 season. At Nchanga Rangers he established a midfield partnership with Abeauty Kunda. He later left Nchanga to join...
) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Lokomotiv StadiumLokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)Lokomotiv Stadium is a football stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is the home stadium of Lokomotiv Moscow and was the home ground of the Russian National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. The stadium was reconstructed in 2002 and holds 28,800 people, all seated...
/ Attendance: 12,000
- September 30, 1997 / First round, Return leg / FC Spartak Moscow - FC Sion 2-2 (Shirko
- FC Spartak Moscow: FilimonovAleksandr FilimonovAleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....
, GorlukovichSergei GorlukovichSergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...
(captain), AnankoDimitri AnankoDmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...
, GolovskoyKonstantin GolovskoyKonstantin Yuryevich Golovskoy is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. He also holds Kazakhstani citizenship.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1998....
, RomaschenkoMiroslav RomaschenkoMiroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...
, ShirkoAleksandr ShirkoAleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...
, BuznikinMaksim BuznikinMaksim Buznikin is former Russia international midfielder, who plays FC Nizhny Novgorod. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow...
(RobsonLuis RobsonLuis Pereira Robson is a Brazilian football forward, widely considered as the first successful import in the Russian Premier League. Luis Robson started his professional career at Matsubara. Having played for various small clubs in Brazil, he finally moved to Brazilian Série A club Goias in 1996...
, 68), AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, Titov, KechinovValery KechinovValery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...
, TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
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The goal in the stadium was measured before the game and turned out to be 2.46 meters high instead of regulation 2.44. The referee decided to play the game anyway. After FC Sion's protest, UEFA decided to replay the return leg.
- October 15, 1997 / First round, Return leg / FC Spartak Moscow - FC Sion 5-1 (BuznikinMaksim BuznikinMaksim Buznikin is former Russia international midfielder, who plays FC Nizhny Novgorod. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow...
Titov KechinovValery KechinovValery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...
TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
RomaschenkoMiroslav RomaschenkoMiroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...
- CamadiniPascal CamadiniPascal Camadini is a retired French footballer.-External links:*...
) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Lokomotiv StadiumLokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)Lokomotiv Stadium is a football stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is the home stadium of Lokomotiv Moscow and was the home ground of the Russian National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. The stadium was reconstructed in 2002 and holds 28,800 people, all seated...
/ Attendance: 24,000
- FC Spartak Moscow: FilimonovAleksandr FilimonovAleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....
, GorlukovichSergei GorlukovichSergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...
(captain), AnankoDimitri AnankoDmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...
(GolovskoyKonstantin GolovskoyKonstantin Yuryevich Golovskoy is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. He also holds Kazakhstani citizenship.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1998....
, 84), EvseevVadim EvseevVadim Valentinovich Evseev is a Russian footballer, who is currently playing for Belarusian Premier League side Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and is a former Russian international....
, RomaschenkoMiroslav RomaschenkoMiroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...
, ShirkoAleksandr ShirkoAleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...
(Tsymbalar, 46), BuznikinMaksim BuznikinMaksim Buznikin is former Russia international midfielder, who plays FC Nizhny Novgorod. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow...
(MelyoshinAleksei MelyoshinAleksei Vladislavovich Melyoshin is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he works as a coach at FC Spartak Moscow football academy.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999....
, 65), AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, Titov, KechinovValery KechinovValery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...
, TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
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- October 21, 1997 / Second round, First leg / FC Rotor Volgograd - S.S. LazioS.S. LazioSocietà Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
0-0 / VolgogradVolgogradVolgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...
, Central StadiumCentral Stadium (Volgograd)Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Volgograd, Russia, that is home to SC Rotor Volgograd. The capacity of the stadium is 32,120 with plans to expand to 45,015 in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup....
/ Attendance: 25,000
- FC Rotor Volgograd: ZakharchukPlaton ZakharchukPlaton Platonovich Zakharchuk is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Torpedo Naberezhnye Chelny.-European club competitions:...
, ShmarkoAleksandr ShmarkoAleksandr Nikolayevich Shmarko is a retired Soviet and Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2000....
, VeretennikovOleg VeretennikovOleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
, NiederhausVladimir NiederhausVladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...
, YesipovValery YesipovValery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...
, ZernovAleksandr ZernovAleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....
(ZubkoDenis ZubkoDenis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football player playing striker. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:...
, 76), HerashchenkoVolodymyr HerashchenkoVolodymyr Vasylyovych Herashchenko is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1985 for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988....
(captain), BurlachenkoValeri BurlachenkoValeri Ivanovich Burlachenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997....
(KrivovAndrei KrivovAndrei Vladimirovich Krivov is a Russian professional football functionary and a former defender who played for FC Rotor Volgograd in Russia and Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.He currently works as a general director of FC Rotor Volgograd....
, 63), BerketovAleksandr BerketovAleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...
, AbramovVitali AbramovVitaliy Sergeyevich Abramov is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Avangard Kursk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin...
(ZhunenkoSergei ZhunenkoSergey Nikolayevich Zhunenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. As of June 2009, he works as a director with FC FSA Voronezh. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1989 for FC Kairat.-Honours:...
, 81), OlenikovNikolai OlenikovNikolai Vladimirovich Olenikov is an association football defender who plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:Olenikov made his debut for Russia on 21 August 2002 in a friendly against Sweden....
.- October 21, 1997 / Second round, First leg / FC Spartak Moscow - Real ValladolidReal ValladolidReal Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, from where the nickname Pucela is derived....
2-0 (TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
Titov ) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Lokomotiv StadiumLokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)Lokomotiv Stadium is a football stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is the home stadium of Lokomotiv Moscow and was the home ground of the Russian National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. The stadium was reconstructed in 2002 and holds 28,800 people, all seated...
/ Attendance: 10,000
- October 21, 1997 / Second round, First leg / FC Spartak Moscow - Real Valladolid
- FC Spartak Moscow: FilimonovAleksandr FilimonovAleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....
, GorlukovichSergei GorlukovichSergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...
(captain), GolovskoyKonstantin GolovskoyKonstantin Yuryevich Golovskoy is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. He also holds Kazakhstani citizenship.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1998....
, EvseevVadim EvseevVadim Valentinovich Evseev is a Russian footballer, who is currently playing for Belarusian Premier League side Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and is a former Russian international....
, RomaschenkoMiroslav RomaschenkoMiroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...
, ShirkoAleksandr ShirkoAleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...
(LutovinovSergei LutovinovSergei Aleksandrovich Lutovinov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League FC Oka Stupino. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Oka Kolomna.-Honours:...
, 54), BuznikinMaksim BuznikinMaksim Buznikin is former Russia international midfielder, who plays FC Nizhny Novgorod. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow...
(BakharevAleksei BakharevAleksei Aleksandrovich Bakharev is a retired Russian and Ukrainian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1997.* Russian Cup winner: 1998.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 2002, 2005....
, 61), AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, Titov, KechinovValery KechinovValery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...
, TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
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- November 4, 1997 / Second round, Return leg / S.S. Lazio - FC Rotor Volgograd 3-0 (Casiraghi ManciniRoberto ManciniRoberto Mancini is an Italian football manager, formerly an international player and current manager of Premier League club Manchester City.As a player Mancini was best known for his time at Sampdoria, where he played more than 550 matches, and helped them win the Serie A league title, four Coppa...
SignoriGiuseppe SignoriGiuseppe "Beppe" Signori is a retired Italian football striker, one of the top scorers in Serie A history and widely regarded as one of the best football players to have never received a winners medal in competitive football. He was a fast, left footed striker who was prolific goalscorer...
) / RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, Stadio OlimpicoStadio OlimpicoThe Stadio Olimpico is the main and largest sports facility of Rome, Italy. It is located within the Foro Italico sports complex on the north of the city. An asset of the Italian National Olympic Committee, the structure is intended primarily for football...
/ Attendance: 40,000
- FC Rotor Volgograd: ZakharchukPlaton ZakharchukPlaton Platonovich Zakharchuk is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Torpedo Naberezhnye Chelny.-European club competitions:...
, ShmarkoAleksandr ShmarkoAleksandr Nikolayevich Shmarko is a retired Soviet and Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1996.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2000....
, VeretennikovOleg VeretennikovOleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
(captain), NiederhausVladimir NiederhausVladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...
, YesipovValery YesipovValery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...
, ZernovAleksandr ZernovAleksandr Sergeyevich Zernov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Rotor Volgograd.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1995–96 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 4 games....
(ZubkoDenis ZubkoDenis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football player playing striker. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:...
, 46), KrivovAndrei KrivovAndrei Vladimirovich Krivov is a Russian professional football functionary and a former defender who played for FC Rotor Volgograd in Russia and Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.He currently works as a general director of FC Rotor Volgograd....
(BurlachenkoValeri BurlachenkoValeri Ivanovich Burlachenko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993, 1997....
, 67), AbramovVitali AbramovVitaliy Sergeyevich Abramov is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Avangard Kursk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin...
, BerketovAleksandr BerketovAleksandr Nikolayevich Berketov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Rostov. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Tekstilshchik-d Kamyshin...
, ZhunenkoSergei ZhunenkoSergey Nikolayevich Zhunenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. As of June 2009, he works as a director with FC FSA Voronezh. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1989 for FC Kairat.-Honours:...
, OlenikovNikolai OlenikovNikolai Vladimirovich Olenikov is an association football defender who plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:Olenikov made his debut for Russia on 21 August 2002 in a friendly against Sweden....
.- November 4, 1997 / Real Valladolid - FC Spartak Moscow 1-2 (Juan Carlos - ShirkoAleksandr ShirkoAleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...
) / ValladolidValladolidValladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...
, Estadio José ZorrillaEstadio José ZorrillaEstadio José Zorrilla is a football stadium in Valladolid, Spain. The stadium holds 26,512 people.The stadium was built in 1982 and is named after poet José Zorrilla y Moral...
/ Attendance: 16,700
- November 4, 1997 / Real Valladolid - FC Spartak Moscow 1-2 (Juan Carlos - Shirko
- FC Spartak Moscow: FilimonovAleksandr FilimonovAleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....
, GorlukovichSergei GorlukovichSergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...
(captain), AnankoDimitri AnankoDmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...
, EvseevVadim EvseevVadim Valentinovich Evseev is a Russian footballer, who is currently playing for Belarusian Premier League side Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and is a former Russian international....
, RomaschenkoMiroslav RomaschenkoMiroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...
, ShirkoAleksandr ShirkoAleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...
, RobsonLuis RobsonLuis Pereira Robson is a Brazilian football forward, widely considered as the first successful import in the Russian Premier League. Luis Robson started his professional career at Matsubara. Having played for various small clubs in Brazil, he finally moved to Brazilian Série A club Goias in 1996...
(BakharevAleksei BakharevAleksei Aleksandrovich Bakharev is a retired Russian and Ukrainian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1997.* Russian Cup winner: 1998.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 2002, 2005....
, 46), AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, Titov (LutovinovSergei LutovinovSergei Aleksandrovich Lutovinov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League FC Oka Stupino. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Oka Kolomna.-Honours:...
, 79), KechinovValery KechinovValery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...
(MelyoshinAleksei MelyoshinAleksei Vladislavovich Melyoshin is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he works as a coach at FC Spartak Moscow football academy.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999....
, 68), TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
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- November 25, 1997 / Third round, First leg / Karlsruher SCKarlsruher SCKarlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2...
- FC Spartak Moscow 0-0 (GolovskoyKonstantin GolovskoyKonstantin Yuryevich Golovskoy is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. He also holds Kazakhstani citizenship.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1998....
/ KarlsruheKarlsruheThe City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
, WildparkstadionWildparkstadionThe Wildparkstadion is a football stadium located in Karlsruhe, Germany. It is the home of the football club Karlsruher SC.It is located northeast of the Karlsruhe castle and is located in part of the former deer park of the Grand Dukes of Baden in the Hardtwald, hence the name...
/ Attendance: 15,000
- FC Spartak Moscow: FilimonovAleksandr FilimonovAleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....
, GorlukovichSergei GorlukovichSergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...
(captain), AnankoDimitri AnankoDmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...
, EvseevVadim EvseevVadim Valentinovich Evseev is a Russian footballer, who is currently playing for Belarusian Premier League side Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and is a former Russian international....
, RomaschenkoMiroslav RomaschenkoMiroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...
, ShirkoAleksandr ShirkoAleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...
, BakharevAleksei BakharevAleksei Aleksandrovich Bakharev is a retired Russian and Ukrainian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1997.* Russian Cup winner: 1998.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 2002, 2005....
(MelyoshinAleksei MelyoshinAleksei Vladislavovich Melyoshin is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he works as a coach at FC Spartak Moscow football academy.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999....
, 45), GolovskoyKonstantin GolovskoyKonstantin Yuryevich Golovskoy is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. He also holds Kazakhstani citizenship.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1998....
, Titov, KechinovValery KechinovValery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...
, TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
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- December 9, 1997 / Third round, Return leg / FC Spartak Moscow - Karlsruher SC 1-0 a.e.t. (ShirkoAleksandr ShirkoAleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...
) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Lokomotiv StadiumLokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)Lokomotiv Stadium is a football stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is the home stadium of Lokomotiv Moscow and was the home ground of the Russian National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. The stadium was reconstructed in 2002 and holds 28,800 people, all seated...
/ Attendance: 10,000
- FC Spartak Moscow: FilimonovAleksandr FilimonovAleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....
, GorlukovichSergei GorlukovichSergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...
(captain), AnankoDimitri AnankoDmitri Vasilyevich Ananko is a retired association football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001* Russian Cup winner in 1992, 1994, 1998...
, KhlestovDmitri KhlestovDmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....
, RomaschenkoMiroslav RomaschenkoMiroslav Yuryevich Romaschenko is a Belarussian professional football coach and a former player.He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg. He is the brother of Maksim Romaschenko...
, ShirkoAleksandr ShirkoAleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...
, BuznikinMaksim BuznikinMaksim Buznikin is former Russia international midfielder, who plays FC Nizhny Novgorod. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow...
(RobsonLuis RobsonLuis Pereira Robson is a Brazilian football forward, widely considered as the first successful import in the Russian Premier League. Luis Robson started his professional career at Matsubara. Having played for various small clubs in Brazil, he finally moved to Brazilian Série A club Goias in 1996...
, 46), AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, Titov, KechinovValery KechinovValery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...
(MelyoshinAleksei MelyoshinAleksei Vladislavovich Melyoshin is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he works as a coach at FC Spartak Moscow football academy.-Achievements:* Russian Premier League winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999....
, 22), TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
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1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
FC Dynamo MoscowFC Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
, FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod was a Russian football club based in Nizhny Novgorod. They spent eight seasons in the Russian Premier League.-History:...
all won their groups, but were knocked out in the semi-finals.
- June 22, 1997 / Group 12, Day 1 / FC Merani-91 Tbilisi - FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow 0-2 (GashkinAndrei GashkinAndrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....
MashkarinDenis MashkarinDenis Nikolayevich Mashkarin is a former Russian professional footballer.Post-retirement he works for a company organizing corporate events.-Honours:* Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.* Russian Cup finalist: 1993, 1994, 2005....
) / TbilisiTbilisiTbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
, Boris Paichadze StadiumBoris Paichadze StadiumThe Boris Paichadze National Stadium , also known as the Dinamo Stadium, is a football stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia. It is the home stadium of FC Dinamo Tbilisi. The stadium was built in 1976 by Georgian architect Gia Kurdiani. Before then Dinamo's stadium was a smaller ground with a maximum...
/ Attendance: 20,000
- FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: VorobyovValeriy VorobyovValeriy Oleksandrovych Vorobyov is a former professional Ukrainian football player. For several years since 1997 when he joined FC Torpedo Moscow he played in Russia where later ended his playing career...
, KornaukhovOleg KornaukhovOleg Dmitriyevich Kornaukhov is an association football player who is currently playing for FC Dmitrov.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999....
(ArlowskiRadaslaw ArlowskiRadzislaw Uladzimiravich Arlowski is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for Nart Cherkessk.-Honours:* Belarusian Premier League champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995....
, 46), KhokhlovDmitri KhokhlovDmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....
, MashkarinDenis MashkarinDenis Nikolayevich Mashkarin is a former Russian professional footballer.Post-retirement he works for a company organizing corporate events.-Honours:* Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.* Russian Cup finalist: 1993, 1994, 2005....
(captain), MakhmutovMarat MakhmutovMarat Maksutovich Makhmutov is a Russian professional footballer. As of June 2009, he is a free agent...
(BurchenkovSergei BurchenkovSergei Nikolayevich Burchenkov is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 3 games....
, 46), Bushmanov, AvakovArsen AvakovArsen Avakov is a former Tajik player. He won the top scorer award in the Ukrainian Premier League in 1995 while playing for FC Torpedo Zaporizhia, the first foreign player in history of the Ukrainian Premier League to do so....
(JankauskasEdgaras JankauskasEdgaras Jankauskas is a retired Lithuanian footballer who works as a coach-interpreter for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.A tall, powerful striker who plays to the physical side of the game, he is also known for skill. Other than in his own, he played professionally in nine different countries, and...
, 71), KamoltsevVyacheslav KamoltsevVyacheslav Anatolyevich Kamoltsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Kurgan.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2000....
, GashkinAndrei GashkinAndrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....
, RažanauskasTomas RažanauskasTomas Ražanauskas is a Lithuanian professional footballer, who plays in A lyga, for Tauras Tauragė. He plays the position of midfielder and is 1.79 m tall and weighs 78 kg. He is a former member of the Lithuania national football team....
, PreikšaitisAidas PreikšaitisAidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....
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- June 28, 1997 / Group 11, Day 2 / FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod - FK Proleter ZrenjaninFK Proleter ZrenjaninFK Proleter Zrenjanin was a football club from the city of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia.-Early period:...
1-0 (BystrovPyotr BystrovPyotr Aleksandrovich Bystrov is an association footballer, currently playing for FC Rubin Kazan. He usually plays as a central, left-sided or offensive midfielder. He has played for Russia. He has previously played for Saturn Ramenskoye , FC Dinamo Moskva , Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod and FC...
) / Nizhny NovgorodNizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
, Lokomotiv StadiumLokomotiv Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod)Lokomotiv Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. The stadium holds 17,800 people and was opened in 2000....
/ Attendance: 10,860
- FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod: SatsunkevichAndrei SatsunkevichAndrey Anatolyevich Satsunkevich is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1987 for FC Dinamo Minsk.-References:...
, BaltušnikasVirginijus BaltušnikasVirginijus Baltušnikas is a retired Lithuanian professional football player who played for FK Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet Top League and Lithuanian A Lyga as well as FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod the Russian Premier League.Baltušnikas made 42 appearances for the Lithuania national football...
, NizhegorodovGennadiy NizhegorodovGennadiy Nizhegorodov is an association footballer who currently plays for SC Rheindorf Altach.-Club career:Nizhegorodov began his career at FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan in Russia in 1993...
, KurayevVladimir KurayevVladimir Petrovich Kurayev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B in 1990 for FC Znamya Arzamas. He played 3 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-References:...
, LipkoAleksandr LipkoAleksandr Valeryevich Lipko is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he is a head scout for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1994, 1996.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup finalist: 1996....
, KazakovVladimir KazakovVladimir Valeryevich Kazakov is a Russian professional football player and a coach. He is currently managing FC Nizhny Novgorod. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Vologda.-Honours:...
(captain) (KashentsevNikolai KashentsevNikolai Nikolayevich Kashentsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo Barnaul. He played 5 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod....
, 36), BystrovPyotr BystrovPyotr Aleksandrovich Bystrov is an association footballer, currently playing for FC Rubin Kazan. He usually plays as a central, left-sided or offensive midfielder. He has played for Russia. He has previously played for Saturn Ramenskoye , FC Dinamo Moskva , Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod and FC...
, ZubkovVladyslav ZubkovVladyslav Viktorovych Zubkov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for SKA Odessa.-Honours:* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1990.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1996....
, RapeikaAndrei RapeikaAndrei Albinovich Rapeika is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Belarusian Premier League in 1994 for FC Neman Grodno. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod...
, DurnevYevgeni DurnevYevgeni Yevgenyevich Durnev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Vladimir. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for FC Torpedo Vladimir.-References:...
(ChudinSergei ChudinSergei Sergeyevich Chudin is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League team FC Fortuna Mytishchi...
, 54; PerednyaSergei PerednyaSergei Aleksandrovich Perednya is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he is a manager of FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...
, 75), MukhamadievMukhsin MukhamadievMukhsin Muslimovich Mukhamadiev is a retired football player who represented both Tajikistan and Russia at international level...
.- June 29, 1997 / Group 5, Day 2 / FC Dynamo Moscow - Panachaiki 2–1 (ShtanyukSergei ShtanyukSyarhey Pyatrovich Shtanyuk also known as Sergei Shtanuk is a retired Belarusian footballer. He played in defence and was the captain for the Belarus national side....
, KutsenkoAleksei KutsenkoAleksei Aleksandrovich Kutsenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
- KlejchIgor KlejchIgor Klejch is a retired footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Czechoslovakia and Greece.-Club career:Klejch began playing football in the Czechoslovakian first division, making 149 appearances before the league split in 1992, including 28 appearances for FC Nitra during the...
) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 3,500
- June 29, 1997 / Group 5, Day 2 / FC Dynamo Moscow - Panachaiki 2–1 (Shtanyuk
- FC Dynamo Moscow: Tiapushkin, TochilinAleksandr TochilinAleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin is a retired Russian football player who played the most of his career for FC Dynamo Moscow and once represented Russia...
(ZharinovMikhail ZharinovMikhail Valeryevich Zharinov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1993 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-European club competitions:With FC Dynamo Moscow.* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997: 4 games....
, 68), Kovtun, OstrovskiyAndrei OstrovskiyAndrey Mikalayavich Astrowski is a former Belarusian footballer.Astrowski made 52 appearances for the Belarus national football team from 1994 to 2005.-External links:...
(KorablyovYevgeni KorablyovYevgeni Konstantinovich Korablyov is a Russian footballer who last played for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-External links:...
, 75), ShtanyukSergei ShtanyukSyarhey Pyatrovich Shtanyuk also known as Sergei Shtanuk is a retired Belarusian footballer. He played in defence and was the captain for the Belarus national side....
, KulchiyAliaksandr KulchiyAlyaksandr Kulchiy is a Belarusian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Krasnodar and the Belarus national football team, for which he is the all-time most capped player, after surpassing Sergei Gurenko's record in 2009.-International goals:...
, GrishinSergei GrishinSergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....
, SkokovVladimir SkokovVladimir Borisovich Skokov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he works as an assistant coach for the reserves team of FC Saturn Moscow Oblast...
(GusevRolan GusevRolan Gusev is a former Russian international association football player. He is a right midfielder and is known for his dribbling and crossing....
, 78), KutsenkoAleksei KutsenkoAleksei Aleksandrovich Kutsenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
, NekrasovSergei NekrasovSergei Vladimirovich Nekrasov is a retired Russian football player.His younger brother Igor Nekrasov also played football professionally.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994....
, TeryokhinOleg TeryokhinOleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
.
- July 5, 1997 / Group 5, Day 3 / B36 TórshavnB36 TórshavnB36 Tórshavn or F.C. Tórshavn is a Faroese football club, based in the capital, Tórshavn...
- FC Dynamo Moscow 0–1 (OstrovskiyAndrei OstrovskiyAndrey Mikalayavich Astrowski is a former Belarusian footballer.Astrowski made 52 appearances for the Belarus national football team from 1994 to 2005.-External links:...
) / ToftirToftirToftir is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands .Toftir is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometres on the east side of Skálafjørður on Eysturoy....
, Svangaskarð / Attendance: 500
- FC Dynamo Moscow: Tiapushkin, TochilinAleksandr TochilinAleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin is a retired Russian football player who played the most of his career for FC Dynamo Moscow and once represented Russia...
, Kovtun, OstrovskiyAndrei OstrovskiyAndrey Mikalayavich Astrowski is a former Belarusian footballer.Astrowski made 52 appearances for the Belarus national football team from 1994 to 2005.-External links:...
, ShtanyukSergei ShtanyukSyarhey Pyatrovich Shtanyuk also known as Sergei Shtanuk is a retired Belarusian footballer. He played in defence and was the captain for the Belarus national side....
, KulchiyAliaksandr KulchiyAlyaksandr Kulchiy is a Belarusian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Krasnodar and the Belarus national football team, for which he is the all-time most capped player, after surpassing Sergei Gurenko's record in 2009.-International goals:...
, GrishinSergei GrishinSergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....
(TishkovYuri TishkovYuri Ivanovich Tishkov was a Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Moscow....
, 7), SkokovVladimir SkokovVladimir Borisovich Skokov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he works as an assistant coach for the reserves team of FC Saturn Moscow Oblast...
, KutsenkoAleksei KutsenkoAleksei Aleksandrovich Kutsenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
, NekrasovSergei NekrasovSergei Vladimirovich Nekrasov is a retired Russian football player.His younger brother Igor Nekrasov also played football professionally.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994....
, GusevRolan GusevRolan Gusev is a former Russian international association football player. He is a right midfielder and is known for his dribbling and crossing....
(KulyovVitali KulyovVitali Borisovich Kulyov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 1994 for FC Tekhinvest-M Moskovsky. He played 3 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:...
, 57).- July 5, 1997 / Group 11, Day 3 / Publikum - FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 1-2 (Sivko - DuyunVladislav DuyunVladislav Nikolayevich Duyun is a Ukrainian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg. He also holds Russian citizenship...
IonanidzeZurab IonanidzeZurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...
) / CeljeCeljeCelje is a typical Central European town and the third largest town in Slovenia. It is a regional center of Lower Styria and the administrative seat of the Urban Municipality of Celje . The town of Celje is located under Upper Celje Castle at the confluence of the Savinja, Ložnica, and Voglajna...
, Skalna klet / Attendance: 2,000
- July 5, 1997 / Group 11, Day 3 / Publikum - FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 1-2 (Sivko - Duyun
- FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod: SatsunkevichAndrei SatsunkevichAndrey Anatolyevich Satsunkevich is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1987 for FC Dinamo Minsk.-References:...
, BaltušnikasVirginijus BaltušnikasVirginijus Baltušnikas is a retired Lithuanian professional football player who played for FK Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet Top League and Lithuanian A Lyga as well as FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod the Russian Premier League.Baltušnikas made 42 appearances for the Lithuania national football...
, NizhegorodovGennadiy NizhegorodovGennadiy Nizhegorodov is an association footballer who currently plays for SC Rheindorf Altach.-Club career:Nizhegorodov began his career at FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan in Russia in 1993...
(KashentsevNikolai KashentsevNikolai Nikolayevich Kashentsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo Barnaul. He played 5 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod....
, 65), KurayevVladimir KurayevVladimir Petrovich Kurayev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B in 1990 for FC Znamya Arzamas. He played 3 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-References:...
(captain), LipkoAleksandr LipkoAleksandr Valeryevich Lipko is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he is a head scout for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1994, 1996.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup finalist: 1996....
, IonanidzeZurab IonanidzeZurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...
, BystrovPyotr BystrovPyotr Aleksandrovich Bystrov is an association footballer, currently playing for FC Rubin Kazan. He usually plays as a central, left-sided or offensive midfielder. He has played for Russia. He has previously played for Saturn Ramenskoye , FC Dinamo Moskva , Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod and FC...
, ZubkovVladyslav ZubkovVladyslav Viktorovych Zubkov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for SKA Odessa.-Honours:* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1990.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1996....
(DuyunVladislav DuyunVladislav Nikolayevich Duyun is a Ukrainian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg. He also holds Russian citizenship...
, 50), RapeikaAndrei RapeikaAndrei Albinovich Rapeika is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Belarusian Premier League in 1994 for FC Neman Grodno. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod...
, DurnevYevgeni DurnevYevgeni Yevgenyevich Durnev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Vladimir. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for FC Torpedo Vladimir.-References:...
, MukhamadievMukhsin MukhamadievMukhsin Muslimovich Mukhamadiev is a retired football player who represented both Tajikistan and Russia at international level...
(DzhubanovVladimir DzhubanovVladimir Vyacheslavovich Dzhubanov |Domodedovo]]) is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for FC Olimp-SKOPA Zheleznodorozhny. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:...
, 60).- July 5, 1997 / Group 12, Day 3 / FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow - Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. 4-1 (JankauskasEdgaras JankauskasEdgaras Jankauskas is a retired Lithuanian footballer who works as a coach-interpreter for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.A tall, powerful striker who plays to the physical side of the game, he is also known for skill. Other than in his own, he played professionally in nine different countries, and...
KamoltsevVyacheslav KamoltsevVyacheslav Anatolyevich Kamoltsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Kurgan.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2000....
KhokhlovDmitri KhokhlovDmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....
PreikšaitisAidas PreikšaitisAidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....
- HantzidisMinas HantzidisMinas Hantzidis is a former Greek football player. He played for Bayer Leverkusen, VfL Bochum, Olympiacos, Iraklis, Veria, Wuppertaler SV, SV Elversberg, Union Solingen, 1. FC Kleve, TSV 05 Ronsdorf and SpVgg Radevormwald, as well as for the national side...
) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Torpedo StadiumEduard Streltsov StadiumEduard Streltsov Stadium, formerly Torpedo Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Torpedo Moscow....
/ Attendance: 2,500
- July 5, 1997 / Group 12, Day 3 / FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow - Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. 4-1 (Jankauskas
- FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: VorobyovValeriy VorobyovValeriy Oleksandrovych Vorobyov is a former professional Ukrainian football player. For several years since 1997 when he joined FC Torpedo Moscow he played in Russia where later ended his playing career...
, ArlowskiRadaslaw ArlowskiRadzislaw Uladzimiravich Arlowski is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for Nart Cherkessk.-Honours:* Belarusian Premier League champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995....
, KhokhlovDmitri KhokhlovDmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....
, MashkarinDenis MashkarinDenis Nikolayevich Mashkarin is a former Russian professional footballer.Post-retirement he works for a company organizing corporate events.-Honours:* Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.* Russian Cup finalist: 1993, 1994, 2005....
(captain), Eguavoen, Bushmanov, RažanauskasTomas RažanauskasTomas Ražanauskas is a Lithuanian professional footballer, who plays in A lyga, for Tauras Tauragė. He plays the position of midfielder and is 1.79 m tall and weighs 78 kg. He is a former member of the Lithuania national football team....
(KamoltsevVyacheslav KamoltsevVyacheslav Anatolyevich Kamoltsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Kurgan.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2000....
, 46), PreikšaitisAidas PreikšaitisAidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....
, BurchenkovSergei BurchenkovSergei Nikolayevich Burchenkov is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 3 games....
(GashkinAndrei GashkinAndrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....
, 65), JankauskasEdgaras JankauskasEdgaras Jankauskas is a retired Lithuanian footballer who works as a coach-interpreter for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.A tall, powerful striker who plays to the physical side of the game, he is also known for skill. Other than in his own, he played professionally in nine different countries, and...
, Carlos AlbertoCarlos Alberto Pinha da RochaCarlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha or simply Carlos Alberto is a retired Brazilian professional footballer.-European club competitions:* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 5 games, 2 goals....
(MakhmutovMarat MakhmutovMarat Maksutovich Makhmutov is a Russian professional footballer. As of June 2009, he is a free agent...
, 73).
- July 12, 1997 / Group 5, Day 4 / FC Dynamo Moscow - Racing GenkK.R.C. GenkKoninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as...
3–2 (TeryokhinOleg TeryokhinOleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
KulchiyAliaksandr KulchiyAlyaksandr Kulchiy is a Belarusian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Krasnodar and the Belarus national football team, for which he is the all-time most capped player, after surpassing Sergei Gurenko's record in 2009.-International goals:...
KorablyovYevgeni KorablyovYevgeni Konstantinovich Korablyov is a Russian footballer who last played for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-External links:...
- OulareSouleymane OulareSouleymane Oulare , is a professional football player.-Career:He was elected Footballer of the Year in Belgium in 1999, when he won the Belgian Championship as a striker with Racing Genk, scoring 17 goals during the season. He then went on to play for Fenerbahçe SK , UD Las Palmas , Stoke City , K...
Keita ) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 3,000
- FC Dynamo Moscow: Tiapushkin, TochilinAleksandr TochilinAleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin is a retired Russian football player who played the most of his career for FC Dynamo Moscow and once represented Russia...
(GusevRolan GusevRolan Gusev is a former Russian international association football player. He is a right midfielder and is known for his dribbling and crossing....
, 38), Kovtun, OstrovskiyAndrei OstrovskiyAndrey Mikalayavich Astrowski is a former Belarusian footballer.Astrowski made 52 appearances for the Belarus national football team from 1994 to 2005.-External links:...
, KorablyovYevgeni KorablyovYevgeni Konstantinovich Korablyov is a Russian footballer who last played for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-External links:...
, Kobelev (captain), ZharinovMikhail ZharinovMikhail Valeryevich Zharinov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1993 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-European club competitions:With FC Dynamo Moscow.* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997: 4 games....
, KutsenkoAleksei KutsenkoAleksei Aleksandrovich Kutsenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
(KulyovVitali KulyovVitali Borisovich Kulyov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 1994 for FC Tekhinvest-M Moskovsky. He played 3 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:...
, 61), KulchiyAliaksandr KulchiyAlyaksandr Kulchiy is a Belarusian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Krasnodar and the Belarus national football team, for which he is the all-time most capped player, after surpassing Sergei Gurenko's record in 2009.-International goals:...
, NekrasovSergei NekrasovSergei Vladimirovich Nekrasov is a retired Russian football player.His younger brother Igor Nekrasov also played football professionally.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994....
, TeryokhinOleg TeryokhinOleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
.- July 12, 1997 / Group 11, Day 4 / FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod - AntalyasporAntalyasporAntalyaspor, known as Medical Park Antalyaspor for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Antalya. The club colours are red and white and they play their home matches at Mardan Sports Complex...
1-0 (DurnevYevgeni DurnevYevgeni Yevgenyevich Durnev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Vladimir. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for FC Torpedo Vladimir.-References:...
) / Nizhny NovgorodNizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
, Lokomotiv StadiumLokomotiv Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod)Lokomotiv Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. The stadium holds 17,800 people and was opened in 2000....
/ Attendance: 10,000
- July 12, 1997 / Group 11, Day 4 / FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod - Antalyaspor
- FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod: SatsunkevichAndrei SatsunkevichAndrey Anatolyevich Satsunkevich is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1987 for FC Dinamo Minsk.-References:...
, BaltušnikasVirginijus BaltušnikasVirginijus Baltušnikas is a retired Lithuanian professional football player who played for FK Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet Top League and Lithuanian A Lyga as well as FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod the Russian Premier League.Baltušnikas made 42 appearances for the Lithuania national football...
, NizhegorodovGennadiy NizhegorodovGennadiy Nizhegorodov is an association footballer who currently plays for SC Rheindorf Altach.-Club career:Nizhegorodov began his career at FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan in Russia in 1993...
, KurayevVladimir KurayevVladimir Petrovich Kurayev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B in 1990 for FC Znamya Arzamas. He played 3 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-References:...
(captain), LipkoAleksandr LipkoAleksandr Valeryevich Lipko is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he is a head scout for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1994, 1996.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup finalist: 1996....
, IonanidzeZurab IonanidzeZurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...
(DzhubanovVladimir DzhubanovVladimir Vyacheslavovich Dzhubanov |Domodedovo]]) is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for FC Olimp-SKOPA Zheleznodorozhny. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:...
, 40), BystrovPyotr BystrovPyotr Aleksandrovich Bystrov is an association footballer, currently playing for FC Rubin Kazan. He usually plays as a central, left-sided or offensive midfielder. He has played for Russia. He has previously played for Saturn Ramenskoye , FC Dinamo Moskva , Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod and FC...
, ZubkovVladyslav ZubkovVladyslav Viktorovych Zubkov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for SKA Odessa.-Honours:* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1990.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1996....
, RapeikaAndrei RapeikaAndrei Albinovich Rapeika is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Belarusian Premier League in 1994 for FC Neman Grodno. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod...
, DurnevYevgeni DurnevYevgeni Yevgenyevich Durnev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Vladimir. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for FC Torpedo Vladimir.-References:...
(DuyunVladislav DuyunVladislav Nikolayevich Duyun is a Ukrainian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg. He also holds Russian citizenship...
, 65), MukhamadievMukhsin MukhamadievMukhsin Muslimovich Mukhamadiev is a retired football player who represented both Tajikistan and Russia at international level...
(KashentsevNikolai KashentsevNikolai Nikolayevich Kashentsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo Barnaul. He played 5 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod....
, 63).- July 12, 1997 / Group 12, Day 4 / Floriana F.C. - FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow 0-1 (BotsiyevGeorgi BotsiyevGeorgi Beslanovich Botsiyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he manages FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz. As a player, he made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-References:...
) / VallettaVallettaValletta is the capital of Malta, colloquially known as Il-Belt in Maltese. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta, and the historical city has a population of 6,098. The name "Valletta" is traditionally reserved for the historic walled citadel that serves as Malta's...
, Victor Tedesco StadiumVictor Tedesco StadiumThe Victor Tedesco Stadium is a stadium in Ħamrun, Malta. It opened in 1996. It has a capacity of 6,000, with 1,800 seated. It is the home ground of Maltese football club Ħamrun Spartans, who currently play in the Maltese Premier League. It is used for matches from the Maltese Premier League, the...
/ Attendance: 1,000
- July 12, 1997 / Group 12, Day 4 / Floriana F.C. - FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow 0-1 (Botsiyev
- FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: VorobyovValeriy VorobyovValeriy Oleksandrovych Vorobyov is a former professional Ukrainian football player. For several years since 1997 when he joined FC Torpedo Moscow he played in Russia where later ended his playing career...
, MakhmutovMarat MakhmutovMarat Maksutovich Makhmutov is a Russian professional footballer. As of June 2009, he is a free agent...
, KornaukhovOleg KornaukhovOleg Dmitriyevich Kornaukhov is an association football player who is currently playing for FC Dmitrov.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999....
, SamaroniLeandro Samaroni-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 2003 .* Russian Cup winner: 2004 .-European club competitions:...
, BurchenkovSergei BurchenkovSergei Nikolayevich Burchenkov is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 3 games....
(AgashkovSergey AgashkovSergey Nikolaevich Agashkov is retired Turkmen footballer. He had spells at SKA Rostov-on-Don, Torpedo Moscow, Beitar Tel Aviv, POSCO Atoms and Ankaragücü....
, 90), GuzhovAleksandr GuzhovAleksandr Valeryevich Guzhov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Third League in 1995 for FC TRASKO Moscow. He played 1 game in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow.-References:...
(Carlos AlbertoCarlos Alberto Pinha da RochaCarlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha or simply Carlos Alberto is a retired Brazilian professional footballer.-European club competitions:* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 5 games, 2 goals....
, 33), RažanauskasTomas RažanauskasTomas Ražanauskas is a Lithuanian professional footballer, who plays in A lyga, for Tauras Tauragė. He plays the position of midfielder and is 1.79 m tall and weighs 78 kg. He is a former member of the Lithuania national football team....
, PreikšaitisAidas PreikšaitisAidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....
(GashkinAndrei GashkinAndrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....
, 46), KoshelyukOleh KoshelyukOleh Borysovych Koshelyuk is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1986 for FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad...
, BotsiyevGeorgi BotsiyevGeorgi Beslanovich Botsiyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he manages FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz. As a player, he made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-References:...
, KamoltsevVyacheslav KamoltsevVyacheslav Anatolyevich Kamoltsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Kurgan.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2000....
(captain).
- July 19, 1997 / Group 5, Day 5 / Stabæk - FC Dynamo Moscow 1–1 (Skistad - KosolapovEduard KosolapovEduard Viktorovich Kosolapov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an amateur side FC Khimmash Ruzayevka. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Svetotekhnika Saransk. He played 3 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup...
) / BærumBærumis a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....
, Nadderud stadionNadderud stadionNadderud stadion is a multi-purpose stadium at Nadderud near Bekkestua, in Bærum, Norway.-Association football:It is currently used mostly for track and field meets and football matches, and is the home ground of the Norwegian Toppserien team Stabæk Fotball...
/ Attendance: 2,000
- FC Dynamo Moscow: Tiapushkin, KorablyovYevgeni KorablyovYevgeni Konstantinovich Korablyov is a Russian footballer who last played for FC Dynamo Kostroma.-External links:...
, KozlovAleksei Kozlov (footballer)Aleksei Vladimirovich Kozlov is a Russian footballer currently who is currently a free agent. He is the son of Vladimir Kozlov.-External links:...
, TochilinAleksandr TochilinAleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin is a retired Russian football player who played the most of his career for FC Dynamo Moscow and once represented Russia...
, PovorovMaksim PovorovMaksim Yevgenyevich Povorov is a Russian footballer currently playing for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.-External links:...
, ZharinovMikhail ZharinovMikhail Valeryevich Zharinov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1993 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-European club competitions:With FC Dynamo Moscow.* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997: 4 games....
, LikhobabenkoValeri LikhobabenkoValeri Valeryevich Likhobabenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Third League in 1994 for FC Torgmash Lyubertsy. He played in one game in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:...
, KulyovVitali KulyovVitali Borisovich Kulyov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 1994 for FC Tekhinvest-M Moskovsky. He played 3 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:...
, KutsenkoAleksei KutsenkoAleksei Aleksandrovich Kutsenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
(GordeyevAndrei GordeyevAndrei Lvovich Gordeyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who is currently an caretaker manager with FC Anzhi Makhachkala...
, 72), GusevRolan GusevRolan Gusev is a former Russian international association football player. He is a right midfielder and is known for his dribbling and crossing....
(SherstnyovAleksei SherstnyovAleksei Mikhailovich Sherstnyov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of May 2009, he coaches one of FC Dynamo Moscow's youth teams. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1992 for FC Saturn Ramenskoye. He played one game in the UEFA Intertoto...
, 77), KosolapovEduard KosolapovEduard Viktorovich Kosolapov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an amateur side FC Khimmash Ruzayevka. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Svetotekhnika Saransk. He played 3 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup...
(ArtyomovSergei ArtyomovSergei Nikolayevich Artyomov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Dynamo Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997.* Russian Third League Zone 3 top scorer: 1996....
, 65).- July 19, 1997 / Group 11, Day 5 / Maccabi Haifa F.C.Maccabi Haifa F.C.Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...
- FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 0-4 (PerednyaSergei PerednyaSergei Aleksandrovich Perednya is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he is a manager of FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...
MordvinovIgor MordvinovIgor Vladimirovich Mordvinov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for an Amateur Football League side FC Dynamo Kostroma. He made his professional debut in the Russian Third Division in 1994 for FC Torpedo Pavlovo. He played 2 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup...
IonanidzeZurab IonanidzeZurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...
MukhamadievMukhsin MukhamadievMukhsin Muslimovich Mukhamadiev is a retired football player who represented both Tajikistan and Russia at international level...
) / HaifaHaifaHaifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
, Kiryat Eliezer StadiumKiryat Eliezer StadiumThe Haifa Municipal Stadium , more commonly known as Kiryat Eliezer , is a multi-use stadium in the Kiryat Eliezer neighborhood of Haifa, Israel. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Haifa...
/ Attendance: 200
- July 19, 1997 / Group 11, Day 5 / Maccabi Haifa F.C.
- FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod: MikhailovDmitri MikhailovDmitri Valeryevich Mikhailov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. He played two games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-External...
, ZubkovVladyslav ZubkovVladyslav Viktorovych Zubkov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for SKA Odessa.-Honours:* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1990.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1996....
, OskolkovAlbert OskolkovAlbert Nikolayevich Oskolkov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Rusichi Oryol. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1992 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. He played 2 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-External links:...
, RapeikaAndrei RapeikaAndrei Albinovich Rapeika is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Belarusian Premier League in 1994 for FC Neman Grodno. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod...
, ChudinSergei ChudinSergei Sergeyevich Chudin is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League team FC Fortuna Mytishchi...
, KazakovVladimir KazakovVladimir Valeryevich Kazakov is a Russian professional football player and a coach. He is currently managing FC Nizhny Novgorod. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Dynamo Vologda.-Honours:...
(captain) (Ignatyev, 46), KashentsevNikolai KashentsevNikolai Nikolayevich Kashentsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo Barnaul. He played 5 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod....
, MordvinovIgor MordvinovIgor Vladimirovich Mordvinov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for an Amateur Football League side FC Dynamo Kostroma. He made his professional debut in the Russian Third Division in 1994 for FC Torpedo Pavlovo. He played 2 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup...
(MukhamadievMukhsin MukhamadievMukhsin Muslimovich Mukhamadiev is a retired football player who represented both Tajikistan and Russia at international level...
, 46), DzhubanovVladimir DzhubanovVladimir Vyacheslavovich Dzhubanov |Domodedovo]]) is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for FC Olimp-SKOPA Zheleznodorozhny. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:...
, PerednyaSergei PerednyaSergei Aleksandrovich Perednya is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he is a manager of FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...
, IonanidzeZurab IonanidzeZurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...
.- July 19, 1997 / Group 12, Day 5 / FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow - SV RiedSV RiedSV Ried is an Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis. The team plays its home matches at the 7,680 capacity Keine-Sorgen Arena. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga after winning promotion from the Erste Liga in the 2004/05 season...
2-0 (Carlos AlbertoCarlos Alberto Pinha da RochaCarlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha or simply Carlos Alberto is a retired Brazilian professional footballer.-European club competitions:* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 5 games, 2 goals....
GashkinAndrei GashkinAndrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....
) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Torpedo StadiumEduard Streltsov StadiumEduard Streltsov Stadium, formerly Torpedo Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Torpedo Moscow....
/ Attendance: 1,500
- July 19, 1997 / Group 12, Day 5 / FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow - SV Ried
- FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: VorobyovValeriy VorobyovValeriy Oleksandrovych Vorobyov is a former professional Ukrainian football player. For several years since 1997 when he joined FC Torpedo Moscow he played in Russia where later ended his playing career...
, ArlowskiRadaslaw ArlowskiRadzislaw Uladzimiravich Arlowski is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for Nart Cherkessk.-Honours:* Belarusian Premier League champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995....
(Alomerović, 32), KhokhlovDmitri KhokhlovDmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....
, MashkarinDenis MashkarinDenis Nikolayevich Mashkarin is a former Russian professional footballer.Post-retirement he works for a company organizing corporate events.-Honours:* Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.* Russian Cup finalist: 1993, 1994, 2005....
(captain), BurchenkovSergei BurchenkovSergei Nikolayevich Burchenkov is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 3 games....
, Bushmanov, PreikšaitisAidas PreikšaitisAidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....
, KamoltsevVyacheslav KamoltsevVyacheslav Anatolyevich Kamoltsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Kurgan.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2000....
, GashkinAndrei GashkinAndrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....
(BotsiyevGeorgi BotsiyevGeorgi Beslanovich Botsiyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he manages FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz. As a player, he made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-References:...
, 46), KoshelyukOleh KoshelyukOleh Borysovych Koshelyuk is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1986 for FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad...
, Carlos AlbertoCarlos Alberto Pinha da RochaCarlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha or simply Carlos Alberto is a retired Brazilian professional footballer.-European club competitions:* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 5 games, 2 goals....
(SamaroniLeandro Samaroni-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 2003 .* Russian Cup winner: 2004 .-European club competitions:...
, 66).
- July 26, 1997 / Semi-finals, First leg / FC Dynamo Moscow - MSV DuisburgMSV DuisburgMSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:...
2–2 (TeryokhinOleg TeryokhinOleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
- OsthoffMarkus OsthoffMarkus Osthoff is a retired German football player.-External links:...
SalouBachirou SalouBachirou Salou is a former Togolese footballer, who played as a centre forward.Due to the many years spent in Germany, where he played for five clubs, he possessed double nationality.-Club career:...
) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 5,000
- FC Dynamo Moscow: Tiapushkin, KutsenkoAleksei KutsenkoAleksei Aleksandrovich Kutsenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
(KosolapovEduard KosolapovEduard Viktorovich Kosolapov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an amateur side FC Khimmash Ruzayevka. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Svetotekhnika Saransk. He played 3 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup...
, 75), Kovtun, OstrovskiyAndrei OstrovskiyAndrey Mikalayavich Astrowski is a former Belarusian footballer.Astrowski made 52 appearances for the Belarus national football team from 1994 to 2005.-External links:...
, ShtanyukSergei ShtanyukSyarhey Pyatrovich Shtanyuk also known as Sergei Shtanuk is a retired Belarusian footballer. He played in defence and was the captain for the Belarus national side....
, Kobelev (captain), ZharinovMikhail ZharinovMikhail Valeryevich Zharinov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1993 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-European club competitions:With FC Dynamo Moscow.* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997: 4 games....
(TochilinAleksandr TochilinAleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin is a retired Russian football player who played the most of his career for FC Dynamo Moscow and once represented Russia...
, 66), SkokovVladimir SkokovVladimir Borisovich Skokov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he works as an assistant coach for the reserves team of FC Saturn Moscow Oblast...
, KulchiyAliaksandr KulchiyAlyaksandr Kulchiy is a Belarusian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Krasnodar and the Belarus national football team, for which he is the all-time most capped player, after surpassing Sergei Gurenko's record in 2009.-International goals:...
, NekrasovSergei NekrasovSergei Vladimirovich Nekrasov is a retired Russian football player.His younger brother Igor Nekrasov also played football professionally.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994....
, TeryokhinOleg TeryokhinOleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
.- July 26, 1997 / Semi-finals, First leg / FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod - Halmstads BKHalmstads BKHalmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title...
0-0 / Nizhny NovgorodNizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
, Lokomotiv StadiumLokomotiv Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod)Lokomotiv Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. The stadium holds 17,800 people and was opened in 2000....
/ Attendance: 6,900
- July 26, 1997 / Semi-finals, First leg / FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod - Halmstads BK
- FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod: MikhailovDmitri MikhailovDmitri Valeryevich Mikhailov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. He played two games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-External...
, BaltušnikasVirginijus BaltušnikasVirginijus Baltušnikas is a retired Lithuanian professional football player who played for FK Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet Top League and Lithuanian A Lyga as well as FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod the Russian Premier League.Baltušnikas made 42 appearances for the Lithuania national football...
, OskolkovAlbert OskolkovAlbert Nikolayevich Oskolkov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Rusichi Oryol. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1992 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. He played 2 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-External links:...
(ZubkovVladyslav ZubkovVladyslav Viktorovych Zubkov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for SKA Odessa.-Honours:* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1990.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1996....
, 75), DuyunVladislav DuyunVladislav Nikolayevich Duyun is a Ukrainian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg. He also holds Russian citizenship...
, VlasovDmitri VlasovDmitri Nikolayevich Vlasov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he worked as an administrator for FC Zelenograd. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B in 1990 for PFC CSKA-2 Moscow. He played 1 game in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC...
, ChudinSergei ChudinSergei Sergeyevich Chudin is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League team FC Fortuna Mytishchi...
, DzhubanovVladimir DzhubanovVladimir Vyacheslavovich Dzhubanov |Domodedovo]]) is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for FC Olimp-SKOPA Zheleznodorozhny. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:...
, KashentsevNikolai KashentsevNikolai Nikolayevich Kashentsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo Barnaul. He played 5 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod....
, MordvinovIgor MordvinovIgor Vladimirovich Mordvinov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for an Amateur Football League side FC Dynamo Kostroma. He made his professional debut in the Russian Third Division in 1994 for FC Torpedo Pavlovo. He played 2 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup...
, PerednyaSergei PerednyaSergei Aleksandrovich Perednya is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he is a manager of FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...
(BystrovPyotr BystrovPyotr Aleksandrovich Bystrov is an association footballer, currently playing for FC Rubin Kazan. He usually plays as a central, left-sided or offensive midfielder. He has played for Russia. He has previously played for Saturn Ramenskoye , FC Dinamo Moskva , Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod and FC...
, 46), IonanidzeZurab IonanidzeZurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...
(RapeikaAndrei RapeikaAndrei Albinovich Rapeika is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Belarusian Premier League in 1994 for FC Neman Grodno. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod...
, 46).- July 26, 1997 / Semi-finals, First leg / AJ AuxerreAJ AuxerreAssociation de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...
- FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow 3-0 (GomaAlain GomaAlain Goma is a retired French footballer who played as a right or central defender.In a 16-year professional career, he played in 196 Ligue 1 games, almost all for Auxerre, adding 147 in the Premier League, namely with Fulham....
DiomèdeBernard DiomèdeBernard Diomède is a retired French footballer of Guadeloupean descent. He played as a winger.-Club career:...
MarletSteve MarletSteve Marlet is a French footballer who is currently playing for amateur club CM Aubervilliers. The forward was capped 23 times and scored six goals for the French national team....
) / AuxerreAuxerreAuxerre is a commune in the Bourgogne region in north-central France, between Paris and Dijon. It is the capital of the Yonne department.Auxerre's population today is about 45,000...
, Stade de l'Abbé-DeschampsStade de l'Abbé-DeschampsThe Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps is the home of AJ Auxerre football club in Auxerre, France. It has a capacity of 24,493.The stadium is the only Ligue 1 team stadium owned by the team. Renovated in 1994, it was renamed the Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps after Abbe Deschamps, who founded the club in...
/ Attendance: 5,000
- July 26, 1997 / Semi-finals, First leg / AJ Auxerre
- FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: VorobyovValeriy VorobyovValeriy Oleksandrovych Vorobyov is a former professional Ukrainian football player. For several years since 1997 when he joined FC Torpedo Moscow he played in Russia where later ended his playing career...
, ArlowskiRadaslaw ArlowskiRadzislaw Uladzimiravich Arlowski is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for Nart Cherkessk.-Honours:* Belarusian Premier League champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995....
(BurchenkovSergei BurchenkovSergei Nikolayevich Burchenkov is a Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow.-European competition history:* UEFA Cup 1996–97 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 3 games....
, 83), KhokhlovDmitri KhokhlovDmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....
, MashkarinDenis MashkarinDenis Nikolayevich Mashkarin is a former Russian professional footballer.Post-retirement he works for a company organizing corporate events.-Honours:* Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.* Russian Cup finalist: 1993, 1994, 2005....
(captain), Eguavoen, Alomerović, KornaukhovOleg KornaukhovOleg Dmitriyevich Kornaukhov is an association football player who is currently playing for FC Dmitrov.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999....
, KamoltsevVyacheslav KamoltsevVyacheslav Anatolyevich Kamoltsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Kurgan.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2000....
(Carlos AlbertoCarlos Alberto Pinha da RochaCarlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha or simply Carlos Alberto is a retired Brazilian professional footballer.-European club competitions:* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 5 games, 2 goals....
, 45), BotsiyevGeorgi BotsiyevGeorgi Beslanovich Botsiyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he manages FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz. As a player, he made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-References:...
, KoshelyukOleh KoshelyukOleh Borysovych Koshelyuk is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1986 for FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad...
, SamaroniLeandro Samaroni-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 2003 .* Russian Cup winner: 2004 .-European club competitions:...
(PreikšaitisAidas PreikšaitisAidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....
, 76).
- July 30, 1997 / Semi-finals, Return leg / MSV Duisburg - FC Dynamo Moscow 3–1 (WohlertTorsten Wohlert-External links:...
GillThomas Gill (footballer)Thomas Gill is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper.Gill was capped for Norway.-External links:...
- Kobelev Kovtun TeryokhinOleg TeryokhinOleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
) / DuisburgDuisburg- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...
, WedaustadionWedaustadionWedaustadion was a multi-purpose stadium in Duisburg, Germany. It was the home ground for MSV Duisburg until the club moved to the new MSV-Arena after the 2003-04 season. The stadium held 30,112. It was built in 1921 and was the second biggest stadium in Germany at the time.-External links:***...
/ Attendance: 8,650
- FC Dynamo Moscow: Tiapushkin, TochilinAleksandr TochilinAleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin is a retired Russian football player who played the most of his career for FC Dynamo Moscow and once represented Russia...
(GusevRolan GusevRolan Gusev is a former Russian international association football player. He is a right midfielder and is known for his dribbling and crossing....
, 56), Kovtun, OstrovskiyAndrei OstrovskiyAndrey Mikalayavich Astrowski is a former Belarusian footballer.Astrowski made 52 appearances for the Belarus national football team from 1994 to 2005.-External links:...
, ShtanyukSergei ShtanyukSyarhey Pyatrovich Shtanyuk also known as Sergei Shtanuk is a retired Belarusian footballer. He played in defence and was the captain for the Belarus national side....
, Kobelev (captain), KutsenkoAleksei KutsenkoAleksei Aleksandrovich Kutsenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
(KosolapovEduard KosolapovEduard Viktorovich Kosolapov is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an amateur side FC Khimmash Ruzayevka. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Svetotekhnika Saransk. He played 3 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup...
, 60), SkokovVladimir SkokovVladimir Borisovich Skokov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he works as an assistant coach for the reserves team of FC Saturn Moscow Oblast...
, KulchiyAliaksandr KulchiyAlyaksandr Kulchiy is a Belarusian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Krasnodar and the Belarus national football team, for which he is the all-time most capped player, after surpassing Sergei Gurenko's record in 2009.-International goals:...
, NekrasovSergei NekrasovSergei Vladimirovich Nekrasov is a retired Russian football player.His younger brother Igor Nekrasov also played football professionally.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994....
, TeryokhinOleg TeryokhinOleg Ivanovich Teryokhin is a retired Russian football player. He last worked as a scout for FC Kuban Krasnodar.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997....
.- July 30, 1997 / Semi-finals, Return leg / Halmstads BK - FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 1-0 (F. Andersson ) / HalmstadHalmstadHalmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of Nissan in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County...
, Örjans VallÖrjans VallÖrjans Vall is a football stadium in Halmstad, Sweden, built in 1922.- History :It was finished on 30 July 1922 and was then named Halmstads Idrottsplats , it was opened by HRH The Crown Prince of Sweden Gustaf Adolf, later king of Sweden, 12 000 people had been allowed entrance to see the opening,...
/ Attendance: 2,329
- July 30, 1997 / Semi-finals, Return leg / Halmstads BK - FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 1-0 (F. Andersson ) / Halmstad
- FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod: SatsunkevichAndrei SatsunkevichAndrey Anatolyevich Satsunkevich is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1987 for FC Dinamo Minsk.-References:...
, NizhegorodovGennadiy NizhegorodovGennadiy Nizhegorodov is an association footballer who currently plays for SC Rheindorf Altach.-Club career:Nizhegorodov began his career at FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan in Russia in 1993...
, ChudinSergei ChudinSergei Sergeyevich Chudin is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for an Amateur Football League team FC Fortuna Mytishchi...
, DuyunVladislav DuyunVladislav Nikolayevich Duyun is a Ukrainian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Petrotrest Saint Petersburg. He also holds Russian citizenship...
, LipkoAleksandr LipkoAleksandr Valeryevich Lipko is a retired Russian footballer. Currently, he is a head scout for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1994, 1996.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup finalist: 1996....
, RapeikaAndrei RapeikaAndrei Albinovich Rapeika is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Belarusian Premier League in 1994 for FC Neman Grodno. He played 6 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod...
, DzhubanovVladimir DzhubanovVladimir Vyacheslavovich Dzhubanov |Domodedovo]]) is a Russian professional footballer. In 2008, he played for FC Olimp-SKOPA Zheleznodorozhny. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:...
, ZubkovVladyslav ZubkovVladyslav Viktorovych Zubkov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for SKA Odessa.-Honours:* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1990.* Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1996....
, IonanidzeZurab IonanidzeZurab Ionanidze is a retired footballer.Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...
, PerednyaSergei PerednyaSergei Aleksandrovich Perednya is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he is a manager of FC Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League.-External links:...
, MukhamadievMukhsin MukhamadievMukhsin Muslimovich Mukhamadiev is a retired football player who represented both Tajikistan and Russia at international level...
.- July 30, 1997 / Semi-finals, Return leg / FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow - AJ Auxerre 4-1 (GashkinAndrei GashkinAndrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....
MashkarinDenis MashkarinDenis Nikolayevich Mashkarin is a former Russian professional footballer.Post-retirement he works for a company organizing corporate events.-Honours:* Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.* Russian Cup finalist: 1993, 1994, 2005....
SamaroniLeandro Samaroni-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 2003 .* Russian Cup winner: 2004 .-European club competitions:...
Carlos AlbertoCarlos Alberto Pinha da RochaCarlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha or simply Carlos Alberto is a retired Brazilian professional footballer.-European club competitions:* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 5 games, 2 goals....
- Guivarc'hStéphane Guivarc'hStéphane Guivarc'h is a retired French footballer that played as striker. He featured in the France squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil....
) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Eduard Streltsov StadiumEduard Streltsov StadiumEduard Streltsov Stadium, formerly Torpedo Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Moscow, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Torpedo Moscow....
/ Attendance: 3,000
- July 30, 1997 / Semi-finals, Return leg / FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow - AJ Auxerre 4-1 (Gashkin
- FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: VorobyovValeriy VorobyovValeriy Oleksandrovych Vorobyov is a former professional Ukrainian football player. For several years since 1997 when he joined FC Torpedo Moscow he played in Russia where later ended his playing career...
, ArlowskiRadaslaw ArlowskiRadzislaw Uladzimiravich Arlowski is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for Nart Cherkessk.-Honours:* Belarusian Premier League champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995....
, KhokhlovDmitri KhokhlovDmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....
, MashkarinDenis MashkarinDenis Nikolayevich Mashkarin is a former Russian professional footballer.Post-retirement he works for a company organizing corporate events.-Honours:* Soviet Cup finalist: 1992.* Russian Cup finalist: 1993, 1994, 2005....
(captain), Alomerović (Eguavoen, 71), Bushmanov, PreikšaitisAidas PreikšaitisAidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....
(BotsiyevGeorgi BotsiyevGeorgi Beslanovich Botsiyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2009, he manages FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz. As a player, he made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-References:...
, 46), KamoltsevVyacheslav KamoltsevVyacheslav Anatolyevich Kamoltsev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Kurgan.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 2000....
(Carlos AlbertoCarlos Alberto Pinha da RochaCarlos Alberto Pinha da Rocha or simply Carlos Alberto is a retired Brazilian professional footballer.-European club competitions:* UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 with FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow: 5 games, 2 goals....
, 69), GashkinAndrei GashkinAndrei Aleksandrovich Gashkin is a retired Russian professional footballer and a current coach. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1993....
, KoshelyukOleh KoshelyukOleh Borysovych Koshelyuk is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1986 for FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad...
, SamaroniLeandro Samaroni-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 2003 .* Russian Cup winner: 2004 .-European club competitions:...
.
National team
Russia national football teamRussia national football team
The Russia national football team represents Russia in association football and is controlled by the Russian Football Union , the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home grounds are Luzhniki Stadium, Lokomotiv Stadium , and Petrovsky Stadium in St.Petersburg and their head coach is...
came second in their qualification group for the 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
. They lost to Italy in the playoffs for the second-placed teams and did not qualify for the World Cup. Boris Ignatyev
Boris Ignatyev
Boris Petrovich Ignatyev is a Russian football manager and former player. In 1996-1998 he coached the Russia national team. As of July 2009, he is an assistant manager with FC Lokomotiv Moscow....
was the head coach, with Yuri Syomin assisting throughout and Leonid Pakhomov
Leonid Pakhomov
Leonid Aleksandrovich Pakhomov is a Russian football manager and a former player.-Honours:* Soviet Cup winner: 1968, 1972.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1968.* Top-33 year-end best players list: 1971 -External links:*...
assisting from the third game on.
- February 7, 1997 / Carlsberg Cup / YugoslaviaSerbia national football teamThe Serbia national football team represents Serbia in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia. Serbia's home ground is Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade and their last head coach was Vladimir Petrović...
- Russia 1-1 (Drobnjak KocićAleksandar KocicAleksandar Kocić , is a Serbian former football goalkeeper....
- PopovDmitri PopovDmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....
) / Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, Hong Kong StadiumHong Kong StadiumHong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...
/ Attendance: 25,430
- Russia: OvchinnikovSergei OvchinnikovSergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...
, KhlestovDmitri KhlestovDmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....
(BokovMaksim BokovMaksim Eduardovich Bokov is a Russian football player and coach.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup runner-up: 2000....
, 78), TsveibaAkhrik TsveibaAkhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
, ChugainovIgor ChugainovIgor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....
, PopovDmitri PopovDmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....
, KharlachyovYevgeni KharlachyovYevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....
, VeretennikovOleg VeretennikovOleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
(AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, 46), YanovskiyIgor YanovskiyIgor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
, TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
(captain), SimutenkovIgor SimutenkovIgor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...
, KanishchevAnatoli KanishchevAnatoli Anatolyevich Kanishchev is a retired professional association footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995, 1998, 1999....
(KechinovValery KechinovValery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...
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| Mihajlović Siniša Mihajlovic Siniša Mihajlović is a Serbian football manager and former player. He was in charge of Serie A club Fiorentina since June 2010 to November 2011.... Savićević Dejan Savicevic Dejan Savićević , is a Montenegrin former football player and is the president of the Montenegrin FA.... Drobnjak Ćurčić Saša Curcic Saša Ćurčić is a Serbian former football midfielder.... Mirković Zoran Mirkovic Zoran "Bata" Mirković is a former Serbian footballer.-Club career:Mirković made his first appearance for FK Rad during the 1990–91 season. But even before that he and his teammates won the Yugoslav title in the under-21 category, the biggest success this club ever had... Govedarica Dejan Govedarica Dejan Govedarica is a Serbian former football player.He played 3 seasons for FK Proleter Zrenjanin , 3 and a half seasons for FK Vojvodina , little more than season and a half for FC Volendam , U.S... |
5 – 6 | Simutenkov Igor Simutenkov Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :... Tikhonov Andrey Tikhonov Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow... Alenichev Dmitri Alenichev Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:... Popov Dmitri Popov Dmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow.... Bokov Maksim Bokov Maksim Eduardovich Bokov is a Russian football player and coach.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup runner-up: 2000.... Kharlachyov Yevgeni Kharlachyov Yevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000.... |
- February 10, 1997 / Carlsberg Cup / SwitzerlandSwitzerland national football teamThe Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...
- Russia 1-2 (Thüler - SimutenkovIgor SimutenkovIgor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...
) / Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, Hong Kong StadiumHong Kong StadiumHong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...
/ Attendance: 20,167
- Russia: CherchesovStanislav CherchesovStanislav Salamovich Cherchesov is a Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper for USSR and Russia. He currently manages FC Terek Grozny....
(captain), BokovMaksim BokovMaksim Eduardovich Bokov is a Russian football player and coach.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup runner-up: 2000....
, ChugainovIgor ChugainovIgor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....
, TsveibaAkhrik TsveibaAkhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
, PopovDmitri PopovDmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....
, AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, Tsymbalar (VeretennikovOleg VeretennikovOleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
, 88), YanovskiyIgor YanovskiyIgor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
, KharlachyovYevgeni KharlachyovYevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....
, GerasimenkoAleksei GerasimenkoAleksei Petrovich Gerasimenko is a retired Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.* Ukrainian Cup winner: 1998, 1999, 2000....
(KanishchevAnatoli KanishchevAnatoli Anatolyevich Kanishchev is a retired professional association footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995, 1998, 1999....
, 77), SimutenkovIgor SimutenkovIgor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...
.
- March 12, 1997 / Friendly / YugoslaviaSerbia national football teamThe Serbia national football team represents Serbia in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia. Serbia's home ground is Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade and their last head coach was Vladimir Petrović...
- Russia 0-0 / BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Stadion Crvena ZvezdaStadion Crvena ZvezdaThe Red Star Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Belgrade, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Red Star Belgrade. The stadium is all-seated and the capacity is 51,328. It was opened in 1963 after construction which had started three years...
/ Attendance: 32,000
- Russia: OvchinnikovSergei OvchinnikovSergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...
, KhlestovDmitri KhlestovDmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....
, ChugainovIgor ChugainovIgor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....
, PopovDmitri PopovDmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....
(KharlachyovYevgeni KharlachyovYevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....
, 64), TetradzeOmari TetradzeOmari Mikhailovich Tetradze is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level.-Early life:...
, KarpinValery KarpinValeri Georgievich Karpin is a former Russian professional association footballer who played midfielder and former manager of FC Spartak Moscow...
, OnopkoViktor OnopkoViktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...
(captain), KanchelskisAndrei KanchelskisAndrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Ukrainian-born Russian football manager and former association footballer who played as a right winger. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.Currently, he is managing FC...
(AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, 74), BeschastnykhVladimir BeschastnykhVladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward...
(TsveibaAkhrik TsveibaAkhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
, 46; BokovMaksim BokovMaksim Eduardovich Bokov is a Russian football player and coach.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1998.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999.* Russian Cup winner: 2004.* Russian Cup runner-up: 2000....
, 85), KolyvanovIgor KolyvanovIgor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....
, SimutenkovIgor SimutenkovIgor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...
(GerasimenkoAleksei GerasimenkoAleksei Petrovich Gerasimenko is a retired Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.* Ukrainian Cup winner: 1998, 1999, 2000....
, 86).
- March 29, 1997 / 1998 FIFA World Cup1998 FIFA World CupThe 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
qualifier / CyprusCyprus national football teamThe Cyprus national football team represents Cyprus in association football and is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association, the governing body for football in Cyprus. Cyprus' home ground is the GSP Stadium in Nicosia and the current coach is Nikos Nioplias...
- Russia 1-1 (GogićSiniša GogicSiniša Gogić is a Cypriot football striker who played for Yugoslav clubs Radnički Niš and FK Rad, for the Greek football team Olympiacos from 1997 until 2000, the Cypriot teams APOEL FC, Anorthosis Famagusta and Olympiakos Nicosia and Cyprus national football team...
- SimutenkovIgor SimutenkovIgor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...
) / ParalimniParalimniParalimni is a town situated in the South East of Cyprus, a little way inland, within the Famagusta District. Since the Turkish invasion and occupation of the Republic of Cyprus in 1974, it has increased in size and status, due to the migration of many refugees fleeing from the North...
, Paralimni StadiumParalimni StadiumParalimni Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Paralimni, Cyprus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Enosis Neon Paralimni. The stadium holds 5,800 people....
/ Attendance: 3,199
- Russia: CherchesovStanislav CherchesovStanislav Salamovich Cherchesov is a Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper for USSR and Russia. He currently manages FC Terek Grozny....
, PopovDmitri PopovDmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....
, ChugainovIgor ChugainovIgor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....
, Tsymbalar (GerasimenkoAleksei GerasimenkoAleksei Petrovich Gerasimenko is a retired Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.* Ukrainian Cup winner: 1998, 1999, 2000....
, 69), TetradzeOmari TetradzeOmari Mikhailovich Tetradze is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level.-Early life:...
, KarpinValery KarpinValeri Georgievich Karpin is a former Russian professional association footballer who played midfielder and former manager of FC Spartak Moscow...
, OnopkoViktor OnopkoViktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...
(captain), KanchelskisAndrei KanchelskisAndrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Ukrainian-born Russian football manager and former association footballer who played as a right winger. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.Currently, he is managing FC...
, Mostovoi, KolyvanovIgor KolyvanovIgor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....
, SimutenkovIgor SimutenkovIgor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...
.
- April 30, 1997 / 1998 FIFA World Cup1998 FIFA World CupThe 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
qualifier / Russia - LuxembourgLuxembourg national football teamThe Luxembourg national football team is the national football team of Luxembourg, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation. The team play most of their home matches at the Stade Josy Barthel, in Luxembourg.- History :...
3-0 (KechinovValery KechinovValery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...
GrishinSergei GrishinSergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....
SimutenkovIgor SimutenkovIgor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...
- StrasserJeff StrasserJeff Strasser is a Luxembourgian footballer, who currently manages CS Fola Esch. - Club career :As one of the rare successful professional footballers from Luxembourg, Strasser has made a fairly successful career in French and German first divisions...
) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 10,000
- Russia: OvchinnikovSergei OvchinnikovSergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...
, RadimovVladislav RadimovVladislav Nikolayevich Radimov is a retired association footballer who played midfielder. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Zenit St. Petersburg. He was previously the captain of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and is a former Russian international player. He was a right-sided...
(ZubkoDenis ZubkoDenis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football player playing striker. Currently, he plays for FC Rotor Volgograd.-International career:...
, 68), Kovtun, Kosolapov, TetradzeOmari TetradzeOmari Mikhailovich Tetradze is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level.-Early life:...
(PopovDmitri PopovDmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....
, 26), ChugainovIgor ChugainovIgor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....
, OnopkoViktor OnopkoViktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...
(captain), AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, BeschastnykhVladimir BeschastnykhVladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward...
(GrishinSergei GrishinSergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....
, 46), KechinovValery KechinovValery Kechinov is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow...
, SimutenkovIgor SimutenkovIgor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...
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- June 8, 1997 / 1998 FIFA World Cup1998 FIFA World CupThe 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
qualifier / Russia - IsraelIsrael national football teamThe Israel national football team is the national football team of Israel, controlled by the Israel Football Association .Israel National Football is the direct successor of the Eretz Yisrael National Team during British Mandate...
2-0 (RadimovVladislav RadimovVladislav Nikolayevich Radimov is a retired association footballer who played midfielder. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Zenit St. Petersburg. He was previously the captain of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and is a former Russian international player. He was a right-sided...
Kosolapov ) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 30,000
- Russia: OvchinnikovSergei OvchinnikovSergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...
, RadimovVladislav RadimovVladislav Nikolayevich Radimov is a retired association footballer who played midfielder. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Zenit St. Petersburg. He was previously the captain of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and is a former Russian international player. He was a right-sided...
, Nikiforov, Kosolapov, YanovskiyIgor YanovskiyIgor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
, TsveibaAkhrik TsveibaAkhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
, OnopkoViktor OnopkoViktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...
(captain), AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, GrishinSergei GrishinSergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....
(YesipovValery YesipovValery Yesipov is a retired association footballer and a current manager, who is currently an assistant manager for FC Rotor Volgograd. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League...
, 90), CheryshevDmitri CheryshevDmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev is an association football player. Since 2008 to 2010, he worked as a coach for one of children's team in Real Madrid C.F. Currently, he is a manager of FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League...
(Kovtun, 83), BeschastnykhVladimir BeschastnykhVladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward...
(TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
, 61).
The next game was officially billed as "Russia All Stars vs. FIFA World XI" and does not count as an official Russian national football team game. It was held to commemorate 100 years anniversary of football in Russia and 850 years anniversary of the founding of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. Uwe Gospodarek
Uwe Gospodarek
Uwe Gospodarek is a retired German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Football career:Gospodarek started playing professionally with FC Bayern Munich, but would only manage seven first team appearances during four seasons, being barred by two internationals: first Raimond Aumann, then Oliver...
, who played in this game, never actually played a game for Germany national football team
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
.
- August 18, 1997 / Friendly / Russia All Stars - FIFA World XI 0-2 (DjorkaeffYouri DjorkaeffYouri Raffi Djorkaeff is a former French international footballer who played as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000...
GuerreroJulen GuerreroJulen Guerrero López is a retired Spanish footballer who played solely for Athletic Club de Bilbao.Ambidextrous, the attacking midfielder was mainly known for his skills and shooting ability...
) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Luzhniki StadiumLuzhniki StadiumThe Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex in Moscow, or briefly Luzhniki Stadium , is the biggest sports stadium in Russia. Its total seating capacity is 78,360 seats, all covered. The stadium is a part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, previously called the Central Lenin Stadium...
/ Attendance: 62,000
- Referee: Pierluigi CollinaPierluigi CollinaPierluigi Collina is a former Italian football referee. He is still involved in football as non-paid consultant to the Italian Football Referees Association , and is a member of the UEFA Referees Committee...
. - Russia All Stars: OvchinnikovSergei OvchinnikovSergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...
(CherchesovStanislav CherchesovStanislav Salamovich Cherchesov is a Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper for USSR and Russia. He currently manages FC Terek Grozny....
, 46), Kovtun (PagayevArtur PagayevArtur Sardionovich Pagayev is a retired association football player who played the bulk of his career for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....
, 46), Nikiforov (ChugainovIgor ChugainovIgor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....
, 46), PopovDmitri PopovDmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....
, Kosolapov (YanovskiyIgor YanovskiyIgor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
, 46), KanchelskisAndrei KanchelskisAndrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Ukrainian-born Russian football manager and former association footballer who played as a right winger. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.Currently, he is managing FC...
(GrishinSergei GrishinSergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....
, 46), OnopkoViktor OnopkoViktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...
(captain), AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
(KharlachyovYevgeni KharlachyovYevgeni Valeryevich Kharlachyov is an association football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999, 2000....
, 46), KolyvanovIgor KolyvanovIgor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....
(TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
, 46), VeretennikovOleg VeretennikovOleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
, SimutenkovIgor SimutenkovIgor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...
(CheryshevDmitri CheryshevDmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev is an association football player. Since 2008 to 2010, he worked as a coach for one of children's team in Real Madrid C.F. Currently, he is a manager of FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League...
, 46). - FIFA World XI: ZubizarretaAndoni ZubizarretaAndoni Zubizarreta Urreta is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.The all-time most capped player for the Spanish national team for several years, he played with individual and team success for Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona , appearing in more than 950...
(GospodarekUwe GospodarekUwe Gospodarek is a retired German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Football career:Gospodarek started playing professionally with FC Bayern Munich, but would only manage seven first team appearances during four seasons, being barred by two internationals: first Raimond Aumann, then Oliver...
, 46), VegaRamon VegaRamon Vega is a former Swiss footballer of Spanish descent, who played as a central defender.During his 13-year professional career, he was best known for his spell in England at Tottenham Hotspur, but also had another stint in the United Kingdom, playing in Scotland for Glasgow Celtic.-Early...
, SuárezClaudio SuárezLuis Claudio Suárez Sánchez is a retired Mexican footballer. He last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer....
, VerlaatFrank VerlaatFrank Verlaat is a Dutch former international football defender, who retired in 2007, after a professional career of 21 years....
, MatthäusLothar MatthäusLothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...
(captain), DjorkaeffYouri DjorkaeffYouri Raffi Djorkaeff is a former French international footballer who played as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000...
(TsveibaAkhrik TsveibaAkhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
, 78), GuerreroJulen GuerreroJulen Guerrero López is a retired Spanish footballer who played solely for Athletic Club de Bilbao.Ambidextrous, the attacking midfielder was mainly known for his skills and shooting ability...
, WinterAron WinterAron Mohamed Winter [VIN-ter] is a retired Dutch football midfielder and current head coach of Toronto FC...
, PapinJean-Pierre PapinJean-Pierre Papin is a former French professional football player who was European Footballer of the Year in 1991.Papin achieved his greatest success while playing for Olympique Marseille between 1986 and 1992...
(Abédi PeléAbédi PeléAbedi Ayew, known professionally as Abedi Pele is a former Ghana International football player and captain. Having been given the nickname "Pelé" in recognition of his superior ability that evoked comparisons to Brazilian great Pelé, he found fame in France's Ligue 1 with Lille OSC and Olympique...
, 46), EffenbergStefan EffenbergStefan Effenberg is a retired German footballer. A central midfielder, he possessed leadership skills, powerful shooting ability, physical strength, but also a fearsome and controversial character....
, ShevchenkoAndriy ShevchenkoAndriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team as a striker. He is the third-highest scorer in the history of European club competition with 67 goals as of 2011-03-10, behind Filippo Inzaghi and Raúl. With 175 goals scored with A.C...
(BeschastnykhVladimir BeschastnykhVladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward...
, 58). - FIFA World XI coaches: Bobby RobsonBobby RobsonSir Robert William "Bobby" Robson, CBE was an English footballer and manager, who coached seven European clubs and the England national team during his career....
and Bora Milutinović.
- August 20, 1997 / Friendly / Russia - YugoslaviaSerbia national football teamThe Serbia national football team represents Serbia in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia. Serbia's home ground is Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade and their last head coach was Vladimir Petrović...
0-1 (BeschastnykhVladimir BeschastnykhVladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward...
- JokanovićSlaviša JokanovicSlaviša Jokanović is a retired Serbian professional footballer who played in the 1990s and early 2000s....
) / St. Petersburg, Petrovsky StadiumPetrovsky StadiumThe Petrovsky Stadium is a sport complex that consists of a number of sport buildings. One of them is the Grand Sport Arena which is the home of FC Zenit of Saint Petersburg, Russia and for simplicity referred by everyone as Petrovsky Stadium. The complex also contains another football stadium,...
/ Attendance: 9,000
- Russia: CherchesovStanislav CherchesovStanislav Salamovich Cherchesov is a Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper for USSR and Russia. He currently manages FC Terek Grozny....
(OvchinnikovSergei OvchinnikovSergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...
, 46), TsveibaAkhrik TsveibaAkhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
, Nikiforov, YanovskiyIgor YanovskiyIgor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
, Kosolapov (TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
, 46), KanchelskisAndrei KanchelskisAndrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Ukrainian-born Russian football manager and former association footballer who played as a right winger. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.Currently, he is managing FC...
(BeschastnykhVladimir BeschastnykhVladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward...
, 46), OnopkoViktor OnopkoViktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...
(captain), AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, KolyvanovIgor KolyvanovIgor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....
(GrishinSergei GrishinSergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....
, 62), KhlestovDmitri KhlestovDmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov is a retired Russian football player.He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. , FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow and Sokol Saratov....
(Kovtun, 62), CheryshevDmitri CheryshevDmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev is an association football player. Since 2008 to 2010, he worked as a coach for one of children's team in Real Madrid C.F. Currently, he is a manager of FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League...
(SimutenkovIgor SimutenkovIgor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...
, 46).
- September 10, 1997 / 1998 FIFA World Cup1998 FIFA World CupThe 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
qualifier / BulgariaBulgaria national football teamThe FIFA Bulgaria national football team is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Luboslav Penev is in charge manager after replacement of Lothar Matthäus...
- Russia 1-0 (IvanovTrifon IvanovTrifon Marinov Ivanov is a former Bulgarian international football player.Sometimes known by his nickname "The Bulgarian Wolf" due to his unshaven appearance and mullet hairstyle, Ivanov started his career with the team Etar of Veliko Tarnovo...
) / SofiaSofiaSofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
, Vasil Levski National StadiumVasil Levski National StadiumVasil Levski National Stadium , named after Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski, is one of Bulgaria's largest sports venues and the country's second largest stadium...
/ Attendance: 55,000
- Russia: OvchinnikovSergei OvchinnikovSergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...
, Kovtun, Nikiforov, Kosolapov (KhokhlovDmitri KhokhlovDmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....
, 46), YanovskiyIgor YanovskiyIgor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
, TsveibaAkhrik TsveibaAkhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
, OnopkoViktor OnopkoViktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...
(captain), KanchelskisAndrei KanchelskisAndrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Ukrainian-born Russian football manager and former association footballer who played as a right winger. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.Currently, he is managing FC...
, AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, KolyvanovIgor KolyvanovIgor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....
, SimutenkovIgor SimutenkovIgor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...
(CheryshevDmitri CheryshevDmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev is an association football player. Since 2008 to 2010, he worked as a coach for one of children's team in Real Madrid C.F. Currently, he is a manager of FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League...
, 76).
- October 11, 1997 / 1998 FIFA World Cup1998 FIFA World CupThe 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
qualifier / Russia - BulgariaBulgaria national football teamThe FIFA Bulgaria national football team is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Luboslav Penev is in charge manager after replacement of Lothar Matthäus...
4-2 (AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
KolyvanovIgor KolyvanovIgor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....
YuranSergei YuranSergei Nikolayevich Yuran is a Ukrainian-association football coach and a former striker.-Career:At club level he played in six different countries...
- GruevIliya GruevIliya Gruev is a former Bulgarian footballer.Gruev had two stints with Altay S.K., making 57 appearances in the Turkish Super Lig for the club.-References:*...
KostadinovEmil KostadinovEmil Lubtchov Kostadinov is a former Bulgarian football striker, former member of the Bulgaria national team for which he played in two World Cups. He shares his birthdate with another legendary Bulgarian footballer Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov...
) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Luzhniki StadiumLuzhniki StadiumThe Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex in Moscow, or briefly Luzhniki Stadium , is the biggest sports stadium in Russia. Its total seating capacity is 78,360 seats, all covered. The stadium is a part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, previously called the Central Lenin Stadium...
/ Attendance: 21,000
- Russia: OvchinnikovSergei OvchinnikovSergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...
, PopovDmitri PopovDmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....
, ChugainovIgor ChugainovIgor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....
, TsveibaAkhrik TsveibaAkhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
, YanovskiyIgor YanovskiyIgor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
, TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
, OnopkoViktor OnopkoViktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...
(captain), AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
(Kosolapov, 82), YuranSergei YuranSergei Nikolayevich Yuran is a Ukrainian-association football coach and a former striker.-Career:At club level he played in six different countries...
(VeretennikovOleg VeretennikovOleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records...
, 67), KolyvanovIgor KolyvanovIgor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....
, SimutenkovIgor SimutenkovIgor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...
(RadimovVladislav RadimovVladislav Nikolayevich Radimov is a retired association footballer who played midfielder. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Zenit St. Petersburg. He was previously the captain of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and is a former Russian international player. He was a right-sided...
, 46).
- October 29, 1997 / 1998 FIFA World Cup1998 FIFA World CupThe 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
qualifier, play-off first leg / Russia - ItalyItaly national football teamThe Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
1-1 (CannavaroFabio CannavaroFabio Cannavaro, Ufficiale OMRI is a former Italian footballer considered one of the greatest defenders of all time and was given the name "Muro di Berlino" which means The Berlin wall by Italian supporters. He spent the majority of his career in Italy...
- VieriChristian VieriChristian Vieri is a retired Italian footballer who played as a centre forward.Vieri was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations...
) / MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 20,000
- Russia: OvchinnikovSergei OvchinnikovSergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...
, RadimovVladislav RadimovVladislav Nikolayevich Radimov is a retired association footballer who played midfielder. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Zenit St. Petersburg. He was previously the captain of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and is a former Russian international player. He was a right-sided...
, ChugainovIgor ChugainovIgor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....
, PopovDmitri PopovDmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....
(TikhonovAndrey TikhonovAndrey Valeryevich Tikhonov |Korolyov]], Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Russian association football midfielder currently employed a coach of FC Spartak Moscow...
, 78), YanovskiyIgor YanovskiyIgor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
, Kovtun, OnopkoViktor OnopkoViktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...
(captain) (TsveibaAkhrik TsveibaAkhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
, 43), AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, YuranSergei YuranSergei Nikolayevich Yuran is a Ukrainian-association football coach and a former striker.-Career:At club level he played in six different countries...
, KolyvanovIgor KolyvanovIgor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....
, KanchelskisAndrei KanchelskisAndrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Ukrainian-born Russian football manager and former association footballer who played as a right winger. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.Currently, he is managing FC...
(KhokhlovDmitri KhokhlovDmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....
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- November 15, 1997 / 1998 FIFA World Cup1998 FIFA World CupThe 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
qualifier, play-off return leg / ItalyItaly national football teamThe Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
- Russia / 1-0 (Casiraghi ) / NaplesNaplesNaples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, Stadio San PaoloStadio San PaoloStadio San Paolo is a multi-purpose stadium in the western suburb of Fuorigrotta in Naples, Italy, and is the third largest football stadium in Italy after the San Siro and Stadio Olimpico. For the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, it hosted the football preliminaries. It is currently used mostly for...
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- Russia: OvchinnikovSergei OvchinnikovSergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team...
, Kovtun, Nikiforov, OnopkoViktor OnopkoViktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...
(captain), PopovDmitri PopovDmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....
, RadimovVladislav RadimovVladislav Nikolayevich Radimov is a retired association footballer who played midfielder. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Zenit St. Petersburg. He was previously the captain of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and is a former Russian international player. He was a right-sided...
(SemakSergei SemakSergei Bogdanovich Semak is a Russian international football midfielder of Ukrainian origins.-Early life:Semak was born in the selo Sychanskoye in the Voroshilovgradskaya Oblast into a peasant family of modest economical background. He was an excellent student and had an ideal behavior...
, 66), KhokhlovDmitri KhokhlovDmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a retired Russian football player. He played as a holding midfielder or playmaker....
, YanovskiyIgor YanovskiyIgor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
(SimutenkovIgor SimutenkovIgor Vitalyevich Simutenkov is a retired association footballer. Currently, he works as an assistant coach at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.- Club career :...
, 60), AlenichevDmitri AlenichevDmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
, YuranSergei YuranSergei Nikolayevich Yuran is a Ukrainian-association football coach and a former striker.-Career:At club level he played in six different countries...
(BeschastnykhVladimir BeschastnykhVladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh is a retired association footballer who played forward...
, 79), KolyvanovIgor KolyvanovIgor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....
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